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Aspidontus taeniatus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 
AphiaID: 223870

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniinae (Subfamily) > Aspidontus (Genus) > Aspidontus taeniatus (Species)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Rank Subspecies
Parent Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Sources  basis of record: 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 false cleanerfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Chagos [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Link To FishBase
Note  Description: Inhabits lagoons, subtidal reef flats and outer reef slopes (where it occurs to depths of over 20 m). Often in lives in pairs in empty worm tubes or narrow holes. Its diet consists mainly of tubeworms and demersal fish eggs. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:223870
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-03-03 06:51:11Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Aspidontus taeniatus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834. 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=223870 on 2013-05-22
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