WoRMS taxon details
Psettodes erumei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
AphiaID: 219788
AphiaID: 219788
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Psettodidae (Family) > Psettodes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Psettodes Bennett, 1831 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Hippoglossus erumei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Hippoglossus orthorhynchus Richardson, 1846 Pleuronectes erumei Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Psettotes erumei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (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] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Psettodes erumei belcheri Bennett, 1831 accepted as Psettodes belcheri Bennett, 1831 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Chondracanthus trilobatus Pillai, 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus alatus Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1865) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Protochondracanthus trilobatus (Pillai, 1964) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Protochondracanthus psettodis Kirtisinghe, 1950 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 42 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Lives on sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 9796). Often swims in an upright position (Ref. 9796). Mainly piscivorous (Ref. 5986). Marketed mainly fresh (Ref. 5213). Utilized also smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). Processed into fish flour (Ref. 6040). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219788 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Psettodes erumei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). 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=219788 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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