WoRMS taxon details
Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker, 1857
AphiaID: 218865
AphiaID: 218865
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cirrhitidae (Family) > Oxycirrhites (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Oxycirrhites Bleeker, 1857 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Oxycirrhites Bleeker, 1857 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Oxycirrhitus typus Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| 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 | Chagos [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits steep outer reef slopes exposed to strong currents where it lives in large gorgonians and black corals; has been found as shallow as 10 m to at least 100 m. Feeds on small benthic or planktonic crustaceans. Lays demersal eggs (Ref. 3921). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218865 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker, 1857. 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=218865 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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