WoRMS taxon details
Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840)
AphiaID: 219076
AphiaID: 219076
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Sparisomatinae (Subfamily) > Calotomus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Calotomus Gilbert, 1890 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Callyodon brachysoma Bleeker, 1861 Callyodon carolinus Valenciennes, 1840 Callyodon genistriatus Valenciennes, 1840 Callyodon sandwicensis Valenciennes, 1840 Calotomus irradians Jenkins, 1901 Calotomus sandvicensis (Valenciennes, 1840) (misspelling) Calotomus sandwicensis (Valenciennes, 1840) Calotomus snyderi Jenkins, 1903 Calotomus xenodon Gilbert, 1890 Cryptotomus albimarginatus Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1961 Leptoscarus brachysoma (Bleeker, 1861) Scarichthys rarotongae Seale, 1906 | ||||||||||
| 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] Comores [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 56 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits subtidal reef flats, and lagoon and seaward reefs to a depths of at least 27 m (Ref. 1602). Feeds on a variety of benthic encrusting algae and seagrasses. A protogynous hermaphrodite which may only have secondary males. Caught mainly with traps, nets amd other types of artisanal gear. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219076 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Calotomus carolinus (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=219076 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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