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Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner, 1876) 
AphiaID: 281541

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Kyphosidae (Family) > Scorpidinae (Subfamily) > Medialuna (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Medialuna
Synonymised
taxa
  Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, 1876
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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English halfmoon  [details]
French demi-lune  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution British Columbia [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
Host of  Caligus hobsoni Cressey, 1969 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Epipelagic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281541
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner, 1876). 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=281541 on 2013-05-22
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