WoRMS taxon details

Etropus cyclosquamus Leslie & Stewart, 1986

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158800  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158800)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leslie, A. J. Jr.; Stewart, D. J. (1986). Systematics and distributional ecology of Etropus (Pisces, Bothidae) on the Atlantic Coast of the United States with description of a new species. <em>Copeia.</em> 1986(1): 140-156. [details]   
Distribution Western Central Atlantic: north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to about Palm Beach on east coast of Florida and in Gulf...  
Distribution Western Central Atlantic: north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to about Palm Beach on east coast of Florida and in Gulf of Mexico from Fort Myers, Florida, to Mississippi; apparently rare or absent in southern Florida. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Etropus cyclosquamus Leslie & Stewart, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158800 on 2023-03-29
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2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
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original description Leslie, A. J. Jr.; Stewart, D. J. (1986). Systematics and distributional ecology of Etropus (Pisces, Bothidae) on the Atlantic Coast of the United States with description of a new species. <em>Copeia.</em> 1986(1): 140-156. [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 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]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Dimensions max 9 cm SL [details]

Distribution Western Central Atlantic: north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to about Palm Beach on east coast of Florida and in Gulf of Mexico from Fort Myers, Florida, to Mississippi; apparently rare or absent in southern Florida. [details]

Habitat benthic [details]
LanguageName 
English shelf flounder  [details]
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