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CaRMS taxon details

Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815)

159436  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159436)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 430, Pl. 1 [details] 
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina   
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159436 on 2025-05-15
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159436 on 2025-05-15
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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 ) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 430, Pl. 1 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

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
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on (marine) gammarids, isopods, chironomids and plants; (freshwater) arthropods and larvae of cladocerans, chironomids and ephemeropterans [details]

Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina  [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Primarily a saltwater fish found along weedy bays, but can be found in freshwater. [details]

Importance Scientific- Laboratory animal for studies on growth and life span [details]

Predators American eel, killifish, Atlantic tomcod and sticklebacks, including their own kind [details]

Reproduction Spawn from May to July; build nests on bottom [details]
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LanguageName 
English fourspine stickleback  [details]
French épinoche à quatre épines  [details]