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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScombrops boops (Houttuyn, 1782) 
AphiaID: 220088

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorActinopterygii (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorScombropidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScombrops (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScombrops boops (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScombrops Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLabrus boops Houttuyn, 1782
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScombrops cheilodipteroides Bleeker, 1853
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScombrops cheilodipteroïdes Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScombrops dubius Gilchrist, 1922
Sources  basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2014). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClavella scombropis Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (127 nucleotides; 106 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Adults inhabit rocky areas in deeper waters; young ones in very shallow waters. The diet consists of fishes, crustaceans and squids. Spawns from October to March. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220088
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. (2014). Scombrops boops (Houttuyn, 1782). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220088 on 2015-02-01
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