WoRMS taxon details
Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 218590
AphiaID: 218590
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sparidae (Family) > Argyrops (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Argyrops Swainson, 1839 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Calamus ciliaris (von Bonde, 1923) Pagrus ciliaris von Bonde, 1923 Sparus spinifer Forsskål, 1775 | ||||||||||
| 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, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Neobrachiella chevreuxii (van Beneden, 1891) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hatschekia argyops Uma Devi & Shyamasundari, 1980 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 23 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Inhabits a wide range of bottoms, but most common between 5 and 100 m. Young fish occur in very shallow waters of sheltered bays; larger individuals in deeper water. Feeds on benthic invertebrates, mainly molluscs (Ref. 5213). Important foodfish. [details] Type species: Type species of the genus. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218590 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Argyrops spinifer (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=218590 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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