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Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum, 1792)

To FishBase images (<i>Lachnolaimus maximus</i>, Belize, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Lachnolaimus maximus, Belize, by Randall, J.E.)

158822  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158822)

  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. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Labridae (Family)
  12. Lachnolaimus (Genus)
  13. Lachnolaimus maximus (Species)
accepted
Species
Lachnolaimis maximus (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 261 [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America.   
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158822 on 2025-05-30
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 261 [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] 

Ecology

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] OpenAccess publication

Other

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] 

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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America.  [details]

Habitat benthic [details]
    Definitions

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English hogfish  [details]
Spanish boquinete  [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lachnolaimus maximus) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase images (Lachnolaimus maximus, Belize, by Randall, J.E.) 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (95 nucleotides; 49 proteins) 
To GenBank (95 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Labrus maximus Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus RAD117168-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus USNM 405792 lateral view) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Lachnolaimus maximus</i>, Belize, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Lachnolaimus maximus, Belize, by Randall, J.E.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus RAD117168-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus RAD117168-001)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus USNM 405792 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lachnolaimus maximus USNM 405792 lateral view)
Hosted externally
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