WoRMS taxon details

Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830)

218599  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218599)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Occurs above rocky bottoms in deepish water to 100 m but often caught from shore. Juveniles occur in shallow-water beds of...  
Description Occurs above rocky bottoms in deepish water to 100 m but often caught from shore. Juveniles occur in shallow-water beds of seaweed where they feed on minute crustacean (Ref. 3670). Feeds on molluscs, crustaceans, worms and fish. Sold fresh in markets (Ref. 3507). Voracious but sluggish, takes any bait. Flesh is good (Ref. 3198). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Chrysoblephus laticeps (Valenciennes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218599 on 2024-03-29
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Chrysophrys algoensis Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [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]   

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
Description Occurs above rocky bottoms in deepish water to 100 m but often caught from shore. Juveniles occur in shallow-water beds of seaweed where they feed on minute crustacean (Ref. 3670). Feeds on molluscs, crustaceans, worms and fish. Sold fresh in markets (Ref. 3507). Voracious but sluggish, takes any bait. Flesh is good (Ref. 3198). [details]
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English Roman seabream  [details]