WoRMS taxon details
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & Bean, 1879
AphiaID: 159406
AphiaID: 159406
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Malacanthidae (Family) > Latilinae (Subfamily) > Lopholatilus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Lopholatilus Goode & Bean, 1879 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [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] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Acanthochondria exilipes Wilson C.B., 1932 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Brachiella mitrata Wilson C.B., 1915 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds mainly on shrimp and crabs, but also takes fish, squid, bivalves and holothurians [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to southern Florida, USA and Gulf of Mexico. Probably throughout the northern coast of South America and the Caribbean [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Most common around 200 m, usually over mud or sand bottom and occasionally over rough bottom. [details] Importance: Social- Minor Commercial, fishery and gamefish [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159406 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & Bean, 1879. 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=159406 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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