Overview
Family : Searobins ; Inhabits soft bottoms .
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Splitnæset Knurhane, Splitnæset Knurhane
Common Names in English:
Splitnose Searobin
Common Names in French:
Grondin Nez Double
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
兵魴鮄, å…µé´é®„, 兵鲂鮄
Common Names in Spanish:
Gallineta, Rubio Gallineta, Rubio Jaquita, Rubio Vaquita
Description
Family Triglidae
Distribution: all temperate and tropical seas . Head bony and casquelike. Pectoral fin with lower 2 or 3 rays enlarged for food detection. Dorsal fins separate. Benthic . Good sound producers. Attains 1 m maximum length .The family Triglidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Scorpaeniformes. It contains 14 genera and 100 species. It may be found in Marine and Brackish environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is tetraodontiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the upper Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, trigla, -es = red mullet
Habitat
May be found at depths of 60 to 94 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,997 meters (0 to -9,833 feet).Mean = -471.530 meters (-1,547.014 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,102.070 based on 15 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Suborder:
Platycephaloidei
()
- Suborder:
Platycephaloidei
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Enneapterygius medium (Günther, 1861)
- Helcogramma medium (Günther, 1861)
- Tripterygium medium Günther, 1861
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bellator
There are approximately 8 species in this genus:
B. brachychir (Shortfin Searobin) · B. egretta (Streamer Searobin) · B. farrago · B. gymnostethus (Naked-Belly Searobin) · B. loxias (Barred Searobin) · B. militaris (Horned Searobin) · B. ribeiroi · B. xenisma (Splitnose Searobin)
Bibliography
- Bearez, P. (1996). Lista de los peces marinos del Ecuador continental. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44(2):731-741.
- Bussing, W.A. (1995). Triglidae. Rubios. p. 1643-1648. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome.
- Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- Robertson, D.R. and G.R. Allen. 2002. Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: an Information System. CD-ROM. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
- Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. (from FishBase).
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3855594
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24464
- Fishbase Species ID: 4015
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 110640
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167002
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 104625
