WoRMS taxon details

Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)

To FishBase images (<i>Alectis ciliaris</i>, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To FishBase images ...

159629  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159629)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Carangiformes (Order)
  11. Carangidae (Family)
  12. Alectis (Genus)
  13. Alectis ciliaris (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787) Bloch, M. E. (1787). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 3: i-xii + 1-146. Pls. 181-216.
page(s): 36, Pl. 191 [details]   
Description Juveniles occur in open seas near the surface, adults near the bottom from shallow waters to 100 m; rarely occurs in coral...  
Description Juveniles occur in open seas near the surface, adults near the bottom from shallow waters to 100 m; rarely occurs in coral reefs. Solitary at adult stage. Feeds on sedentary or slow moving crustaceans, small crabs and occasionally on small fish (Ref. 9283). Adults mainly taken on hook and line, especially on light tackle while juveniles often caught with beach seines. Excellent food fish (Ref. 9626) and is marketed fresh or dried/salted (Ref. 9283). [details]

Distribution Worldwide in tropical seas. Western Atlantic: North Truro Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Santos, Brazil; throughout the...  
Distribution Worldwide in tropical seas. Western Atlantic: North Truro Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Santos, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159629 on 2023-10-02
Date
action
by
2005-05-30 09:27:08Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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original description  (of Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787) Bloch, M. E. (1787). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 3: i-xii + 1-146. Pls. 181-216.
page(s): 36, Pl. 191 [details]   

original description  (of Blepharis sutor Cuvier, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517
page(s): 161, Pl. 253 [details]   

original description  (of Gallus virescens Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 583, 584 [details]   

original description  (of Blepharis indicus Cuvier, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517
page(s): 154 [details]   

original description  (of Blepharis major Cuvier, 1833) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1833). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome neuvième. Suite du livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 9: i-xxix + 3 pp. + 1-512, Pls. 246-279. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-198, 330-359, 372-427; Valenciennes the balance. i-xxiv + 1-379 in Strasbourg edition. Pp. 429-512 contains additions and corrections for vols. 2 through 5.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4427517
page(s): 163 [details]   

original description  (of Zeus gallus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

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]   

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]   

basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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 Juveniles occur in open seas near the surface, adults near the bottom from shallow waters to 100 m; rarely occurs in coral reefs. Solitary at adult stage. Feeds on sedentary or slow moving crustaceans, small crabs and occasionally on small fish (Ref. 9283). Adults mainly taken on hook and line, especially on light tackle while juveniles often caught with beach seines. Excellent food fish (Ref. 9626) and is marketed fresh or dried/salted (Ref. 9283). [details]

Distribution Worldwide in tropical seas. Western Atlantic: North Truro Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Santos, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico  [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
LanguageName 
English African pompano  [details]
Japanese イトヒキアジ  [details]
Spanish pámpano de hebra  [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787))
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alectis breviventralis Wakiya, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alectis temmincki Wakiya, 1924)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alectis cilliaris Bloch, 1787)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alectis cilaris (Bloch, 1787))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Scyris analis Poey, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Blepharis major Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Gallus virescens Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Blepharis fasciatus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Blepharis indicus Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Hynnis cubensis Poey, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Zeus crinitus Mitchill, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Blepharichthys crinitus (Mitchill, 1826))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Blepharis sutor Cuvier, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Alectis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Blepharis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Zeus gallus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Carangoides ajax Snyder, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Alectis indica (Cuvier, 1833))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) 
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Alectis indica (Cuvier, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis temmincki Wakiya, 1924)
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis indica (Cuvier, 1833))
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826))
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787))
To FishBase (from synonym Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787)
To FishBase (from synonym Carangoides ajax Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis breviventralis Wakiya, 1924)
To FishBase (from synonym Zeus crinitus Mitchill, 1826)
To FishBase (from synonym Scyris analis Poey, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis cilliaris Bloch, 1787)
To FishBase (from synonym Alectes ciliaris (Bloch, 1787))
To FishBase (from synonym Zeus gallus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Alectis cilaris (Bloch, 1787))
To FishBase (from synonym Blepharis fasciatus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Blepharichthys crinitus (Mitchill, 1826))
To FishBase (from synonym Blepharis crinitus (Mitchill, 1826))
To FishBase (from synonym Blepharis major Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Blepharis indicus Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Gallus virescens Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Blepharis sutor Cuvier, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan & Starks, 1895)
To FishBase (from synonym Hynnis cubensis Poey, 1860)
To FishBase images (Alectis ciliaris, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.) 
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 184 proteins) (from synonym Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787))
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Zeus ciliaris Bloch, 1787)
To GenBank (76 nucleotides; 90 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alectis ciliaris FIN027435 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alectis ciliaris FIN027436 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carangoides ajax P01905 illustration) (from synonym Carangoides ajax Snyder, 1904)
To ITIS
Blepharis crinitus
 Blepharis crinitus
[image from synonym]

To FishBase images (<i>Alectis ciliaris</i>, Bahamas, by Johnson, L.)
To FishBase images ...
[hosted externally]

To NMNH Extant Collection (Alectis ciliaris FIN027435 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Coll...
[hosted externally]

To NMNH Extant Collection (Alectis ciliaris FIN027436 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Coll...
[hosted externally]

To NMNH Extant Collection (Carangoides ajax P01905 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Coll...
[hosted externally; from synonym]


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