WoRMS taxon details
Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 367285
AphiaID: 367285
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Carangidae (Family) > Trachinotus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Trachinotus Lacepède, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Labrus falcatus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||
| 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: 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] 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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (117 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Adults feed on mollusks, crabs, shrimps, and small fishes; juveniles on benthic invertebrates [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Emerald Bank to southeastern Brazil, including Bahamas and many of the West Indies. Also in Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico [details] Habitat: Adults frequently in channels or holes, over sandy flats, around reefs, and at times over mud bottoms; usually solitary or in small schools; smaller fish tolerate brackishwater. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details] Reproduction: Spawn offshore [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367285 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Trachinotus falcatus (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=367285 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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