WoRMS taxon details
Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 276970
AphiaID: 276970
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scatophagidae (Family) > Scatophagus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Scatophagus Cuvier, 1831 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chaetodon argus Linnaeus, 1766 Chaetodon atromaculatus Bennett, 1830 Chaetodon pairatalis Hamilton, 1822 Ephippus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) Scatophagus aetatevarians De Vis, 1884 Scatophagus argus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) Scatophagus argus ocellata Klunzinger, 1880 Scatophagus bougainvillii Cuvier, 1831 Scatophagus maculatus Gronow, 1854 Scatophagus ornatus Cuvier, 1831 Scatophagus purpurascens Cuvier, 1831 Scatophagus quadranus De Vis, 1884 | |||||||
| Sources |
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] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Scatophagus argus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) Subspecies Scatophagus argus ocellata Klunzinger, 1880 accepted as Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766) Subspecies Scatophagus argus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1802) accepted as Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1802) | |||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||
| Host of |
Caligus acanthopagri Lin, Ho & Chen, 1994 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus pagrosomi schlegeli Ho & Lin, 2003 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (114 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (120 nucleotides; 56 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276970 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766). 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=276970 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||
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