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CaRMS taxon detailsUrophycis chuss (Walbaum, 1792)
126503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126503)
accepted
Species
marine,
(of ) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874
page(s): 186 [details]
Distribution Southern Nova Scotia (straying to Gulf of St. Lawrence) to North Carolina
Distribution Southern Nova Scotia (straying to Gulf of St. Lawrence) to North Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Urophycis chuss (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126503 on 2026-09-04
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Urophycis chuss (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126503 on 2026-09-04
Date action by
original description
(of ) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58874
page(s): 186 [details] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]   Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on shrimps, amphipods, squids , herring, flatfish and mackerel [details]Distribution Southern Nova Scotia (straying to Gulf of St. Lawrence) to North Carolina [details] Habitat benthic [details] Habitat Migrate offshore in fall, move inshore for spring, found over soft, muddy and sandy bottoms. [details] Importance Scientific-Commercial, gamefish, fishmeal [details] Predators Rock fish, monkfish, dogfish and white hake [details] Reproduction Spawning occurs in summer to early fall [details] |
