WoRMS taxon details
Drepane punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 220046
AphiaID: 220046
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Drepaneidae (Family) > Drepane (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Drepane Cuvier, 1831 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chaetodon punctatus Linnaeus, 1758 Drepane punctatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Drepanichthys punctatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Harpochirus punctatus (Linneaus, 1758) (synonym) | ||||||||||
| 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: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Drepane punctata africana Osório, 1892 accepted as Drepane africana Osório, 1892 Subspecies Drepane punctata octofasciata Pellegrin, 1905 accepted as Drepane africana Osório, 1892 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Somalia [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Mappates plataxus Rangnekar, 1959 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 25 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Occurs in various inshore habitats: sand or mud bottoms, reefs, estuaries and harbours (Ref. 9800). Found near coral and rock reefs in temperatures ranging from 26° to 29°C and at a maximum depth of less than 50 m. Feeds on invertebrates and benthic fish (Ref. 5213). Generally marketed fresh (Ref. 5284). [details] Type species: Type species of the genus. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220046 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Drepane punctata (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=220046 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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