WoRMS taxon details
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) AphiaID: 159491
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) >  Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Monacanthidae (Family) > Aluterus (Genus) > Aluterus scriptus (Species)
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| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Aluterus Cloquet, 1816 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Aleuteus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) (misspelling)Alutera armata Garman, 1903Alutera picturata Poey, 1863Alutera scripta (Osbeck, 1765) (misspelling)Aluteres pareva Lesson, 1831Aluteres personatus Lesson, 1831Aluteres scripta (Osbeck, 1765) (misspelling)Aluterus renosus Hollard, 1855Aluterus scripta (Osbeck, 1765) (misspelling)Aluterus venosus Hollard, 1855Balistes laevis Bloch, 1795Balistes liturosus Shaw, 1804Balistes ornatus Proce, 1822Balistes scripta Osbeck, 1765 (misspelling)Balistes scriptus Osbeck, 1765Monacanthus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)Osbeckia scripta (Osbeck, 1765) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] [show all] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
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| Host of |
Caligus balistae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, 1950 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Taeniacanthus similis Dojiri & Cressey, 1987 [via synonym] (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus haemulonis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 37 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes | From other sources
Description Occurs in lagoons and on seaward reefs. Solitary, often in open water (Ref. 9710). Feeds on algae, seagrasses, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates. Juveniles and occasionallly adults are seen under floating objects (Ref. 1602). Generally common (Ref. 9710). [details]Diet Feeds on algae, seagrass, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates. [details]Distribution circumtropical; Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details]Habitat benthic [details]Habitat Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]Importance Social- Commercial, aquarium fish [details] | ||||||||||
| Images | [show unreviewed] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159491 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2014). Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159491 on 2015-03-02 | |||||||||||
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