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Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801) 
AphiaID: 218563

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Haemulinae (Subfamily) > Pomadasys (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pomadasys Lacepède, 1802
Synonymised
taxa
  Labrus commersonnii Lacepède, 1801
Pomadasys commersonni (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
Pomadasys operculare (Playfair, 1867)
Pomadasys opercularis (Playfair, 1867)
Pristipoma operculare Playfair, 1867
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English smallspotted grunt (from synonym)  [details]
English smallspotted grunter  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Host of  Naobranchia pritchardae Kensley & Grindley, 1973 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Found in coastal waters, estuaries, and tidal fissures. May be captured bottom longlines. Feeds on crusctaceans and fish. (Ref. 5213). [details]

Spelling: spelled Pomadasys commersonii in Grove et al., 1986 <252>. [details]
Image 
Pomadasys commersonnii
Pomadasys commersonnii
added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218563
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-03-17 09:58:11Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218563 on 2013-05-21
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