WoRMS taxon details
Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821)
AphiaID: 223867
AphiaID: 223867
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Belonidae (Family) > Tylosurus (Genus) > Tylosurus crocodilus (Species) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Subspecies | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) accepted as Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Belona crocodila Péron & Lesueur, 1821 (misspelling) Belone annulata Valenciennes, 1846 Belone coromandelica van Hasselt, 1823 Belone crassa Poey, 1860 Belone crocodila Péron & Lesueur, 1821 (misspelling) Belone crocodilus Péron & Lesueur, 1821 Belone cylindrica Bleeker, 1850 Belone gerania Valenciennes, 1846 Belone gigantea Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Belone koseirensis Klunzinger, 1871 Belone melanochira Poey, 1860 Belone melanurus Bleeker, 1849 Belone raphidoma Ranzani, 1842 Belone timucoides van Hasselt, 1824 Esox aaveri Curtiss, 1938 Strongylura crocodila (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Strongylura crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Strongylura gigantea (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Strongylura raphidoma (Ranzani, 1842) Strongylurus annulatus (Valenciennes, 1846) (misspelling) Strongylurus crocodila (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (misspelling) Tylosurus annulatus (Valenciennes, 1846) (synonym) Tylosurus crocodiles crocodiles (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (misspelling) Tylosurus crocodilis crocodilis (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (misspelling) Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) Tylosurus giganteus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Tylosurus gladius Bean, 1882 Tylosurus raphidoma (Ranzani, 1842) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Comores [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Rodriguez (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To FishBase To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs singly or in small groups over both lagoon and seaward reefs. Has been recorded from a temperature range of 26-29°C (Ref. 4959). Feared by fishermen because they can cause puncture wounds with their sharp snouts when jumping out of the water, e.g. when alarmed or attracted to lights at night. Marketed mostly fresh. Considered as high quality foodfish [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:223867 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821). 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=223867 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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