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Apistus carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 
AphiaID: 221440

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Scorpaenoidei (Suborder) > Apistidae (Family) > Apistus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Apistus Cuvier, 1829
Synonymised
taxa
  Apistus balnearum Ogilby, 1910
Apistus carenatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
Apistus faurei Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
Apistus israelitarum Cuvier, 1829
Hypodytes carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Scorpaena carinata Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English ocellated waspfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Inhabits soft bottoms of the continental shelf. Sold in small quantities either fresh or dried and salted in markets. [details]

Remark: Genus Hypodytes according to Paxton et al. 1989 (Fishbase, 1996). In family Scorpaenidae in Fishbase 96 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221440
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2001-12-26 19:35:45Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Apistus carinatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). 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=221440 on 2013-05-24
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