WoRMS taxon details
Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 126385
AphiaID: 126385
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beloniformes (Order) > Exocoetidae (Family) > Exocoetus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Exocoetus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Exocoetus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Exocaetus commersonnii Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling) Exocaetus volans Solander, 1846 (misspelling) Exocaetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling) Exocetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling) Exocoetus commersonii Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling) Exocoetus commersonnii Lacepède, 1803 Exocoetus evolans Linnaeus, 1766 Exocoetus volans Solander, 1846 Exocoetus volitans vagabundus Whitley, 1937 Halocypselus evolans (Linnaeus, 1766) Halocypselus mesogaster Weinland, 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 316 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Exocoetus volitans vagabundus Whitley, 1937 accepted as Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Chagos [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mauritius [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Bomolochus unicirrus Richiardi, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Nothobomolochus cornutus (Claus, 1864) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus atlanticus Avdeev, 1978 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus exocoeti Avdeev, 1978 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus paruchini Avdeev, 1978 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nothobomolochus saetiger (Wilson C.B., 1911) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pennella blainvillei (Le Sueur, 1824) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (196 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 34 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126385 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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