WoRMS taxon details
Zoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
159267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159267)
accepted
Species
Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Blennius anguillaris Peck, 1804 · unaccepted
Blennius ciliatus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
Blennius gronovii (Valenciennes, 1836) · unaccepted
Blennius labrosus Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Blennius viviparus unicolor Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted
Zoarces anguillaris (Peck, 1804) · unaccepted
Zoarces gronovii Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 171 [details]
page(s): 171 [details]
Distribution Battle Harbour, Labrador, the Gulf of St Lawrence, off Newfoundland and along the coasts of the Maritime provinces, common...
Distribution Battle Harbour, Labrador, the Gulf of St Lawrence, off Newfoundland and along the coasts of the Maritime provinces, common off Nova Scotia and the offshore banks to New Jersey; also common in the Bay of Fundy, including Passamaquoddy Bay and Minas Basin; southward to Delaware, possibly straying to off North Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Zoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159267 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 171 [details]
original description (of Blennius anguillaris Peck, 1804) Peck, W. D. (1804). Description of four remarkable fishes, taken near the Piscataqua in New Hampshire. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> v. 2 (pt. 2) (art. 1): 46-57, Pl. 2.
page(s): 55, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Blennius ciliatus Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Zoarces gronovii Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Blennius labrosus Mitchill, 1815) 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): 375, Pl. 1 (fig. 7) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source 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). (2024). 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]
page(s): 171 [details]
original description (of Blennius anguillaris Peck, 1804) Peck, W. D. (1804). Description of four remarkable fishes, taken near the Piscataqua in New Hampshire. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> v. 2 (pt. 2) (art. 1): 46-57, Pl. 2.
page(s): 55, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Blennius ciliatus Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28.
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Zoarces gronovii Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Blennius labrosus Mitchill, 1815) 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): 375, Pl. 1 (fig. 7) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source 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). (2024). 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on a wide variety of fishes and invertebrates [details]Distribution Battle Harbour, Labrador, the Gulf of St Lawrence, off Newfoundland and along the coasts of the Maritime provinces, common off Nova Scotia and the offshore banks to New Jersey; also common in the Bay of Fundy, including Passamaquoddy Bay and Minas Basin; southward to Delaware, possibly straying to off North Carolina [details]
Habitat Occupies a variety of depths from the intertidal zone to over 183m. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial [details]
Predators Sandbar shark, Atlantic cod, shortfin mako, sea bass [details]
Reproduction Internal fertilization; spawns in nests in crevices and holes under boulders in late August in Newfoundland waters; eggs are guarded by parents; off southern New England in late September and October [details]
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Blennius ciliatus Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Blennius labrosus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Blennius anguillaris Peck, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Zoarces gronovii Valenciennes, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zoarces americanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius ciliatus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius gronovii (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius labrosus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius anguillaris Peck, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Zoarces gronovii Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius viviparus unicolor Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase images (Zoarces americanus, Canada, by Sargent, P.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 101 proteins)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 101 proteins) (from synonym Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 101 proteins) (from synonym Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Macrozoarces americanus RAD114483-001) (from synonym Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoarces americanus RAD114490-001) (from synonym Zoarces anguillaris (Peck, 1804))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoarces americanus RAD114490-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoarces anguillaris P04245 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Blennius ciliatus Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Blennius labrosus Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Blennius anguillaris Peck, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Zoarces gronovii Valenciennes, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zoarces americanus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius ciliatus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius gronovii (Valenciennes, 1836))
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius labrosus Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius anguillaris Peck, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Zoarces gronovii Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius viviparus unicolor Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase images (Zoarces americanus, Canada, by Sargent, P.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 101 proteins)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 101 proteins) (from synonym Blennius americanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 101 proteins) (from synonym Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Macrozoarces americanus RAD114483-001) (from synonym Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoarces americanus RAD114490-001) (from synonym Zoarces anguillaris (Peck, 1804))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoarces americanus RAD114490-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Zoarces anguillaris P04245 illustration)
To ITIS
