WoRMS taxon details
Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792)
159490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159490)
accepted
Species
Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
Aluterus shoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Brazil, not uncommon in summer as far north...
Distribution Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Brazil, not uncommon in summer as far north as Cape Cod; reported to Portland, Maine and Halifax Nova Scotia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159490 on 2021-04-15
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basis of record
Eschmeyer, N.M., K.V. Rama-Rao & L.E. Hallacher (1979). Fishes of the Scorpionfish subfamily Choridactylinae from the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. Vol.XLI (21): 475-500. [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). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019)., available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019)., available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]




From other sources
Diet Feeds on a variety of plants, including algae and seagrasses [details]Distribution Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Brazil, not uncommon in summer as far north as Cape Cod; reported to Portland, Maine and Halifax Nova Scotia [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat usually found over bottoms with seagrass, sand, or mud [details]
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus shoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera aurantiacus (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alutera schoepfii Silver Bay 5428 radiograph lateral view.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus schoepfii FIN035153 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes cuspicauda Mitchill, 1818)
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluteres cuspicauda (Mitchill, 1818))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus shoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus holbroocki Hollard, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Aluterus punctatus (Agassiz, 1831))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera aurantiacus (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishBase (from synonym Alutera punctata Agassiz, 1831)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Balistes schoepfii Walbaum, 1792)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Alutera schoepfii Silver Bay 5428 radiograph lateral view.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Aluterus schoepfii FIN035153 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS