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WoRMS taxon details
Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 218695
AphiaID: 218695
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Monodactylidae (Family) > Monodactylus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chaetodon argenteus Linnaeus, 1758 Monodachtylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Monodactylus argentues (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) Psettus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) Psettus rhombeus (Forsskål, 1775) Scomber rhombeus 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 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Comores [details] Djibouti [details] East Africa [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: An active schooling fish usually found in estuaries, but may venture over silty coastal reefs. Feeds on plankton and detritus (Ref. 5213). Can enter and live in rivers (Ref. 4967). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218695 on 2010-07-30 | ||||||||||||||
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