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Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes, 1839) 
AphiaID: 219052

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Cheilininae (Subfamily) > Pteragogus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pteragogus Peters, 1855
Synonymised
taxa
  Ctenolabrus flagellifer Valenciennes, 1839
Daymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
Duymaeria flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839)
Labrus ramentosus Forsskål, 1775
Pteragogus flagellifera (Valenciennes, 1839)
Pteragogus flagelliferum (Valenciennes, 1839)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English cocktail wrasse  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Inhabits weedy, rocky reefs (Ref. 559). Edible but not tasty (Ref. 559). [details]

Remark: In Cuvier & Valenciennes [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219052
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes, 1839). 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=219052 on 2013-06-18
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