WoRMS taxon details

Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)

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159491  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159491)

accepted
Species
Aleuterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) · unaccepted > misspelling
Aleuteus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Alutera scripta (Osbeck, 1765) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Aluteres scripta (Osbeck, 1765) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Aluterus scripta (Osbeck, 1765) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Balistes scripta Osbeck, 1765 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Occurs in lagoons and on seaward reefs. Solitary, often in open water (Ref. 9710). Feeds on algae, seagrasses, hydrozoans,...  
Description Occurs in lagoons and on seaward reefs. Solitary, often in open water (Ref. 9710). Feeds on algae, seagrasses, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates. Juveniles and occasionallly adults are seen under floating objects (Ref. 1602). Generally common (Ref. 9710). [details]

Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil   
Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159491 on 2023-09-24
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2005-05-30 07:43:33Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Balistes laevis Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]   

original description  (of Balistes liturosus Shaw, 1804) Shaw, G. (1804). General zoology or systematic natural history . [see Shaw 1803, ref. 4014]. v. 5 (pt 1): i-v + 1-250, Pls. 93-132, and (pt 2): i-vi + 251-463, Pls. 132-182.
page(s): 405 [details]   

original description  (of Balistes scriptus Osbeck, 1765) Osbeck, P. (1765). Reise nach Ostindien und China. Nebst O. Toreens Reise nach Suratte und C. G. Ekebergs Nachricht von den Landwirthschaft der Chineser. <em>Rostock.</em> i-xxvi + 1-552 + 25-p. index, Pls. 1-13. [German translation by J. G. Georgius. J. C. Koppe].
page(s): 145 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]   

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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 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] 

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

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em>  [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Occurs in lagoons and on seaward reefs. Solitary, often in open water (Ref. 9710). Feeds on algae, seagrasses, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates. Juveniles and occasionallly adults are seen under floating objects (Ref. 1602). Generally common (Ref. 9710). [details]

Diet Feeds on algae, seagrass, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates.  [details]

Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil  [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs. [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, aquarium fish [details]
LanguageName 
English scrawled filefish  [details]
Japanese ソウシハギ  [details]
Spanish lija trompa  [details]
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus scriptus RAD119763-001)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus scriptus USNM 405235 photograph lateral view)
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