WoRMS taxon details

Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775)

212063  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212063)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sciaena harak Forsskål, 1775) Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18564
page(s): 52, xii [details]   
Description Found solitary or in small schools over shallow sandy, coral rubble, mangroves, lagoons, channel and seagrass areas...  
Description Found solitary or in small schools over shallow sandy, coral rubble, mangroves, lagoons, channel and seagrass areas inshore and adjacent to coral reefs. Feeds on polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms and small fish. Reported to spawn throughout the year during the first five days of the lunar month in large aggregations in Belau. Also caught with shore seines and handlines (Ref. 9775). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212063 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
1998-06-12 08:24:17Z
changed
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Sciaena harak Forsskål, 1775) Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18564
page(s): 52, xii [details]   

original description  (of Lethrinus johnii Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]. [details]   

original description  (of Lethrinus papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]. [details]   

original description  (of Lethrinus rhodopterus Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Singapore. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 1): 51-86. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Found solitary or in small schools over shallow sandy, coral rubble, mangroves, lagoons, channel and seagrass areas inshore and adjacent to coral reefs. Feeds on polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms and small fish. Reported to spawn throughout the year during the first five days of the lunar month in large aggregations in Belau. Also caught with shore seines and handlines (Ref. 9775). [details]
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English thumbprint emperorblackspot emperor  [details]
Japanese マトフエフキ  [details]