WoRMS taxon details
Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792)
AphiaID: 218496
AphiaID: 218496
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Lutjanidae (Family) > Lutjaninae (Subfamily) > Lutjanus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Lutjanus Bloch, 1790 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Anthias johnii Bloch, 1792 Coius catus Hamilton, 1822 Diacope xanthozona Kuhl, 1828 Lutianus johni (Bloch, 1792) (misspelling) Lutjanus johni (Bloch, 1792) (misspelling) Mesoprion yapilli Cuvier, 1828 Serranus pavoninus Valenciennes, 1831 Sparus tranquebaricus Shaw, 1803 | |||||||||||||
| 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, brackish, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Comores [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 23 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Adults probably frequent coral reef areas. Juveniles found in mangrove estuaries. Feeds on fishes and benthic invertebrates including shrimps, crabs and cephalopods. [details] Remark: All East African records for this species could be misidentifications of L. ehrenbergii, a species it closely resembles and been confused with (Bock, 1996) [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218496 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lutjanus johnii (Bloch, 1792). 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=218496 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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