WoRMS taxon details
Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) AphiaID: 218765
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) >  Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Heniochus (Genus) > Heniochus acuminatus (Species)
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| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Heniochus Cuvier, 1816 | ||||||||||||||||
| Orig. name | Chaetodon acuminatus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Chaetodon acuminatus Linnaeus, 1758Chaetodon bifasciatus Shaw, 1803Chaetodon macrolepidotus Linnaeus, 1758Chaetodon mycteryzans Gronow, 1854Heniochus accuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)Heniochus macrolepidotus (Linnaeus, 1758)Taurichthys macrolepidotus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2017). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [show all] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | From regional or thematic species database
Black Sea Ukrainian part of the Black Sea (origin: alien) [details]From other sources
Black Sea [details]Comores Comores [details]Djibouti Djibouti [details]Eritrea Eritrea [details]Federal Republic of Somalia Somalia [details]Indian Ocean Chagos [details]Reunion [details]Kenya Kenya [details]Madagascar Madagascar [details]Mozambique Mozambique [details]Red Sea Red Sea [details]Republic of Mauritius Cargados Carajos [details]Mauritius [details]Seychelles Seychelles [details]South Africa South Africa (country) [details]Tanzania Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Anuretes branchialis Rangnekar, 1953 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Aponurus chelebesoi Bray & Cribb, 2000 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Hatschekia seyi Ho & Kim I.H., 2001 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 19 proteins) To IUCN Red List To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Ukrainian part of the Black Sea (Marine Region) : Individual release: deliberate release by individuals [details]Introduced species vector dispersal in Ukrainian part of the Black Sea (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]From other sources
Description Inhabits deep, protected lagoons and channels, and the deeper parts of outer reef slopes. Juveniles are often solitary while adults occur in pairs (Ref. 1602). A plantivorous species that generally remains within a few meters of the reef. Juveniles may sometimes pick on parasites on the epidermis of other fish (Ref. 5503). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Images | [show unreviewed] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218765 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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[Taxonomic tree] [Occurrence map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] | |||||||||||||||||
| Citation: Bailly, N. (2008). Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2017). FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218765 on 2017-06-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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