WoRMS taxon details
Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
AphiaID: 219926
AphiaID: 219926
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Tetraodontidae (Family) > Arothron (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Arothron Müller, 1841 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Arothron ophryas Cope, 1871 Ovoides latifrons Jenkins, 1901 Tetraodon lacrymatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Tetraodon meleagris Anonymous, 1798 Tetrodon meleagris Anonymous, 1798 (misspelling) Tetrodon setosus Smith, 1886 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, version may 2010 [details] 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] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Hatschekia hippoglossi (Cuvier, 1830) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Dissonus similis Kabata, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Hatschekia boonah Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2013 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 58 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Authority: Authority (Shaw, 1758) in <130> [details] Description: Occurs in coral-rich areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of over 14 m. Feeds mainly on tips of branching corals and to a lesser extent on sponges, molluscs, bryozoans, tunicates, forams, algae, and detritus. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219926 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798). 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=219926 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||
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