WoRMS taxon details
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unverified
Description Marine; rarely estuarine. Some species do enter freshwater for feeding. Tropical and subtropical: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Dorsal fin continuous or slightly notched. Spines in dorsal fin 10-12; soft rays 10-17. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 7-11. Pelvic fins originating just behind pectoral base. Mouth moderate to large; terminal. Jaws bearing enlarged canine teeth. Palatine teeth small. Vomer usually with small teeth. Maxilla covered by preorbital with the mouth closed. Branchiostegal rays 7. Vertebrae 24 (10 + 14). To about 1 m maximum length. Valued as food fish but sometimes a cause of ciguatera. Generally demersal, down to depths of about 450 m. [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apsilinae) (from synonym Apsilinae Johnson, 1980)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Etelinae) (from synonym Etelinae Gill, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjanidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutjaninae) (from synonym Lutjaninae Gill, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paradicichthyinae) (from synonym Paradicichthyinae Whitley, 1930)
To Genbank (from synonym Apsilinae Johnson, 1980)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Paradicichthyinae Whitley, 1930)
To Genbank (from synonym Lutjaninae Gill, 1861)
To Genbank (from synonym Etelinae Gill, 1893)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanidae FIN035199 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutjanidae FIN035200 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS
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