WoRMS taxon details
Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 218588
AphiaID: 218588
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Acanthopagrus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Acanthopagrus Peters, 1855 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Acanthopagrus calamara (Valenciennes, 1830) Chrysophrys berda (Forsskål, 1775) Chrysophrys berda calamara Day, 1876 Chrysophrys calamara Valenciennes, 1830 Chrysophrys longispinnis Valenciennes, 1830 Chrysophrys madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1830 Chrysophrys robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 Mylio berda (Forsskål, 1775) Pagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775) Pagrus robinsoni (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775 Sparus calamara Cuvier, 1829 Sparus hasta Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Sparus longispinnis (Valenciennes, 1830) Sparus madagascariensis (Valenciennes, 1830) | |||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus acanthopagri Lin, Ho & Chen, 1994 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus tanago Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Colobomatus mylionus Fukui, 1965 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Dermoergasilus acanthopagri Byrnes T., 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus spinipes Byrnes T., 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernanthropus cadenati Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruvio, 1954 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernanthropus chrysophrys Shishido, 1898 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernanthropus sarbae Kensley & Grindley, 1973 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus cossacki Bassett-Smith, 1898 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Paraergasilus acanthopagri Roubal, 1981 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Hamaticolax australiensis (Byrnes, 1986) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (111 nucleotides; 36 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found on muddy and sandy bottoms of coastal waters and estuaries. Enters freshwater. Juveniles inhabit protected bays. Feeds on invertebrates, including worms, molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (Ref. 5213), and small fish (Ref. 3670). The flesh is excellent. Sold fresh in markets. This is a well-known angling fish in South Africa. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218588 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775). 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=218588 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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