WoRMS taxon details

Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)

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218656  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218656)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Upeneus pleurostigma Bennett, 1831) Bennett, E. T. (1831). A portion of a large collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented to the Society of Mr. Telfair, ... Four of these fishes appear to have been previously undescribed . <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 59-60. [details]   
Description This species is usually solitary, occurring in seagrass beds as well as over sand, rubble, or coral and rock bottoms of...  
Description This species is usually solitary, occurring in seagrass beds as well as over sand, rubble, or coral and rock bottoms of shallow lagoons and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 46 m. Feeds on benthic animals like crabs, polychaetes and other worms during the day. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218656 on 2023-05-31
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Upeneus brandesii Bleeker, 1851) Bleeker, P. (1851). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Banda-eilanden. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 2 (no. 2): 225-261. [details]   

original description  (of Upeneus pleurostigma Bennett, 1831) Bennett, E. T. (1831). A portion of a large collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented to the Society of Mr. Telfair, ... Four of these fishes appear to have been previously undescribed . <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 59-60. [details]   

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

basis of record Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description This species is usually solitary, occurring in seagrass beds as well as over sand, rubble, or coral and rock bottoms of shallow lagoons and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 46 m. Feeds on benthic animals like crabs, polychaetes and other worms during the day. [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LanguageName 
English sidespot goatfish  [details]
Japanese リュウキュウヒメジ  [details]
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