WoRMS taxon details
Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
AphiaID: 217662
AphiaID: 217662
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Aulopiformes (Order) > Synodontidae (Family) > Harpadontinae (Subfamily) > Saurida (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Saurida | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Saurida gracila (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling) Saurida gracilata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling) Saurida gracillis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misspelling) Saurus gracilis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Saurus minutus Lesueur, 1825 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Abasia inflata Cressey & Cressey, 1979 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus kala Lewis A.G., 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Taeniacanthus sauridae Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Common in shallow lagoons, reef flats, and sheltered seaward reefs. Inhabits areas with sandy substrate adjacent to corals. Feeds on fish and is active at night (Ref. 5213). Caught with artisanal gear. [details] Remark: Placed in Family Synodidae in <130> [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217662 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). 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=217662 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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