WoRMS taxon details
Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)
AphiaID: 219968
AphiaID: 219968
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Diodontidae (Family) > Cyclichthys (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cyclichthys Kaup, 1855 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Atinga orbicularis coeruleus le Danois, 1959 Chilomycterus orbicularis (Bloch, 1785) Chilomycterus parcomaculatus von Bonde, 1923 Diodon caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Diodon orbicularis Bloch, 1785 | ||||||||||
| 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: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Found usually over soft bottoms and occasionally on reefs (Ref. 9680). Presumably feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates (Ref. 9680). [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219968 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785). 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=219968 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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