WoRMS taxon details
Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)
AphiaID: 219667
AphiaID: 219667
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Acanthuridae (Family) > Nasinae (Subfamily) > Naso (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Naso Lacepède, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Naseus vomer Klunzinger, 1871 Naso tapeinosoma (Junior synonym) Naso thorpei Smith, 1966 Naso vomer (Klunzinger, 1871) Priodon hexacanthus Bleeker, 1855 | ||||||||||
| 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] from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Anuretes menehune Lewis A.G., 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Anuretes serratus Shiino, 1954 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus kala Lewis A.G., 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus ligatus Lewis A.G., 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Norion expansus Nordmann, 1864 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (301 nucleotides; 87 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Inhabits seaward dropoffs, but usually found below 18 m. Forms schools. Mainly diurnal, it feeds on zooplankton, crab larvae, arrow worms, pelagic tunicates, and occasionally filamentous red algae. The species is never poisonous (Ref. 4795). [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219667 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855). 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=219667 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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