WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832) Bennett, E. T. (1832). Observations on a collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented by Mr. Telfair, with characters of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 165-169. [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 [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]
From other sources
Description Common in shallow lagoons or bays; usually over sand, rubble, or seagrass bottom, rather than on coral reefs. Usually solitary and aggressive towards members of its own species. Feeds on small crustaceans by picking them off the sandy bottom (Ref. 5503). [details]
Remark Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm., given as 1831 in <127> [details]
From editor or global species database
From other sources
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