WoRMS taxon details
Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801)
AphiaID: 218632
AphiaID: 218632
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Argyrosomus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Argiosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling) Argyrosoma hololepidotum (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling) Argyrosoma hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling) Argyrosomus hololepidotum (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling) Johnius hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) Labrus hololepidotus Lacepède, 1801 Pseudosciaena hololepidota (Lacepède, 1801) Sciaena hololepidota Smith, 1842 Sciaena hololepidotus Smith, 1842 | ||||||||||
| 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] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found in lower reaches of rivers, estuaries, rocky reefs, ocean beaches and on the continental shelf down to 150 m (Ref. 9772). Caught near the bottom and in mid-water between 13° and 24°C. Feeds on fishes, crabs, prawns, and worms (Ref. 9772). Spawning takes place near estuaries (Ref. 9987). Spawns from spring to autumn. Also caught with bottom set gillnets, haul nets, beach seines, and handlines (Ref. 9772). An important foodfish. Utilized fresh for steaming, pan-frying, broiling and baking (Ref. 9987). [details] Remark: Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218632 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Argyrosomus hololepidotus (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=218632 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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