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WoRMS taxon details

Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775)

212252  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212252)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Argentina machnata Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 68, xiii [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Description Inhabits coastal waters, entering lagoons and estuaries. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Probably spawns...  
Description Inhabits coastal waters, entering lagoons and estuaries. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Probably spawns at sea, but the transparent larvae migrate to inshore areas and are often found in brackish water (Ref. 7050) <111> Widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans, east indies, China, Japan, and Hawaii <360>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212252 on 2024-07-11
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
1998-08-03 12:26:57Z
changed
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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original description  (of Argentina machnata Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 68, xiii [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]   

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Inhabits coastal waters, entering lagoons and estuaries. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Probably spawns at sea, but the transparent larvae migrate to inshore areas and are often found in brackish water (Ref. 7050) <111> Widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans, east indies, China, Japan, and Hawaii <360>. [details]
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English tenpounder  [details]