Centroberyx affinis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Alfonsinos ; Occur on rocky reefs and muddy substrates of the continental shelf and upper slope , forming dense schools close to the bottom at dawn and dusk and dispersing throughout the water column at night to feed [1]. Juveniles also aggregate in schools[2] and are found in estuaries and shallow costal waters[3]. Feed on small fish, crustaceans and mollusks [4].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

May be found at depths of 10 to 450 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,875 meters (0 to -15,994 feet).[5]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Austroberyx affinis< /i> (Günther • Beryx affinis • Beryx affinis Günther • Beryx affinis Günther, 1859 • Centroberyx affinis • Centroberyx affinis (non Günther, 1859) • Centroberyx affinis< /i> (Günther • Centroberyx gerrardi< /i> (Günther

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 18-Jun-1998

Similar Species

Members of the genus Centroberyx

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. affinis (Red Squirrel-Fish) · C. australis (Yellow-Eyed Red Snapper) · C. gerrardi (Bight Red Fish) · C. lineatus (Swallowtail Nannygai) · C. spinosus (Spiny Slimehead)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1918- url , p. 115, p. 98.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 441, p. 68.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 204.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 130, p. 255.
• Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 392.
• The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 130, p. 391.

Notes

Contributors

• Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• 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 6 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002 (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: HMAP-History pf Marine Animal Populations (CoML)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SeamountsOnline (seamount biota)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data provider for the NIWA Marine Biodata Information System
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 123037
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29070
• Fishbase Species ID: 14129
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13749327
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 622131
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106058

Footnotes

1. May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell (1986). Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p. [back]
2. Miskiewicz, A.G., B.D. Bruce and T. Trnski (1998). Berycidae: redfishes, nannygais, alfonsinos. p. 104-107. In F.J. Neira, A.G. Miskiewicz and T. Trnski (eds.) Larvae of temperate Australian fishes: laboratory guide for larval fish identification. Un ... [back]
3. Paxton, J.R. (1999). Berycidae. Alfonsinos p. 2218-2220. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, R ... [back]
4. Rowling, K.R. (1990). Estimation of fishing mortality, stock unity and growth of redfish Centroberyx affinis by tagging. Fisheries Research Institute. NSW Fisheries. FIRTA Project 85/71. Final report of the redfish tagging study. [back]
5. Mean = -708.850 meters (-2,325.623 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,330.180 based on 768 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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