WoRMS taxon details

Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier, 1829)

159807  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159807)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Western Atlantic: 41.5°N, Bermuda and North Carolina, USA, to about Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including West Indies, Gulf of...  
Distribution Western Atlantic: 41.5°N, Bermuda and North Carolina, USA, to about Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including West Indies, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159807 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
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2005-05-30 09:27:08Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Centropristis aurorubens Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 45 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.  [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]   

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

From other sources
Diet Feeds on fishes, shrimps, crabs, polychaetes, other benthic invertebrates, cephalopods and planktonic organisms [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: 41.5°N, Bermuda and North Carolina, USA, to about Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including West Indies, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea [details]

Habitat Found in moderately deep waters, most common over rock, gravel or sand bottoms near the edge of the continental and island shelves. Young fish occur in shallower depths (below 25 m). Often forms large schools, particularly the young.  [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Importance Social- Minor Commercial [details]
LanguageName 
English vermilion snapper  [details]
Spanish besugo  [details]