WoRMS taxon details
Cymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
AphiaID: 218966
AphiaID: 218966
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Cheilininae (Subfamily) > Cymolutes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cymolutes Günther, 1861 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Xyrichthys torquatus Valenciennes, 1840 | ||||||||||
| 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 | Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Common over sandy areas of reef flats and shallow sandy lagoons to a depth of at least 6 m. The species is capable of diving into sand when threatened. [details] Remark: In Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218966 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes, 1840). 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=218966 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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