WoRMS taxon details
Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830
AphiaID: 219329
AphiaID: 219329
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Blenniinae (Subfamily) > Petroscirtes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Petroscirtes Rüppell, 1830 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Petroscirtes Rüppell, 1830 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Petrocirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830 (misspelling) Petroscirtes barbatus Peters, 1855 Petroscirtes marmoratus Liénard, 1891 Petroskirtes barbatus Peters, 1855 (misspelling) Petroskirtes marmoratus Bleeker, 1875 | ||||||||||
| 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 | Cargados Carajos [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Inhabits shallow protected lagoons and reef flats with algal and seagrass clumps. Swims with its tail oriented vertically. Use empty mollusk shells for nesting. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219329 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830. 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=219329 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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