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Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 303486

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Kyphosidae (Family) > Kyphosinae (Subfamily) > Kyphosus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Kyphosus Lacepède, 1802
Synonymised
taxa
  Kyphosus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Kyphosus sectator (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Perca sactatrix Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Perca saltatrix Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Perca sectatrix Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Pimelepterus boscii Lacepède, 1802 (misspelling)
Pimelepterus bosquii Lacepède, 1802
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]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [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]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Bermuda chub (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Host of  Caligus bennetti Causey, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To FishBase
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Images 
Kyphosus sectatrix
Kyphosus sectatrix
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Kyphosus sectator
[image from synonym]
Kyphosus sectator
added on 2012-12-15 - author: De Pooter, Daphnis
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Kyphosus sectator
[image from synonym]
Kyphosus sectator
added on 2012-12-15 - author: De Pooter, Daphnis
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Kyphosus sectatrix
Kyphosus sectatrix
added on 2013-02-17 - author: De Pooter, Daphnis
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:303486
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 11:20:45Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=303486 on 2013-05-25
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