Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766) 
AphiaID: 158782

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Pisces > Actinopterygii > Batrachoidiformes > Batrachoididae > Batrachoidinae > Opsanus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818
Sources		basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p. [details] 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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (179 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 22 proteins) To ITIS
Notes		Distribution: Florida to Cape Cod, straying northward to Maine. [details] Habitat: benthic [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158782
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-27 07:39:43Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2008-01-15 17:27:08Z   changed   Bailly, Nicolas
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		Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158782 on 2013-05-21