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Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 220083

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Zanclidae (Family) > Zanclus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Zanclus Cuvier, 1831
Parent Zanclus Cuvier, 1831
Synonymised
taxa		  Chaetodon canescens Linnaeus, 1758
 Chaetodon cornutus Linnaeus, 1758
 Zanclus canescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
 Zanclus cornotus (Linnaeus, 1758) (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: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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		 
Language   Name 
English Moorish idol  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (50 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (99 nucleotides; 131 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Inhabits turbid inner lagoons, reef flat, and clear seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Generally encountered in small groups. Feeds on small encrusting animals (Ref. 6113). Size of metamorphosis from postlarva to juvenile is 7.5 cm (Ref. 9267). Popular aquarium fish but rarely survives in tanks (Ref. 1602). [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Images 
Zanclus canescens
[image from synonym]
Zanclus canescens
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Zanclus cornutus
Zanclus cornutus
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Zanclus cornutus
Zanclus cornutus
added on 2010-02-18 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked

Zanclus cornutus
Zanclus cornutus
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked

Zanclus cornutus
Zanclus cornutus
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220083
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Zanclus cornutus (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=220083 on 2013-05-25
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