Dendrochirus zebra

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

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Found on coral , rubble , or rock bottoms of reef flats [1]; also in coastal to outer reef habitats in sheltered lagoons and in caves, sometimes in small aggregations. Usually shallow but reported to 80 m depth. Usually found at depths of 3 to 60 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,004 meters (0 to -16,417 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Reproduction

Spawned in captivity[3].

Migration

Pelagic stages travel great distances and expatriate to sub-tropical zones[4].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Dendrochirus zebra • Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829) • Pseudomonopterus zebra (Cuvier • Pterois zebra • Pterois zebra Cuvier • Pterois zebra Cuvier, 1829

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Jan-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Dendrochirus

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

D. barberi (Hawaiian Lionfish) · D. bellus (Bricked Firefish) · D. biocellatus (Double-Ocellated Scorpionfish) · D. brachypterus (Short-Spined Butterfly-Cod) · D. zebra (Many-Spotted Butterfly-Cod)

More Info

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Further Reading

• An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1989. url .
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 231.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url , p. 103, p. 378.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 298.
• Fishes of the Philippine Islands / by Barton Warren Evermann and Alvin Seale. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1907. url p. 103.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 275, p. 74, p. 85.
• The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll / edited by Dennis M. Devaney. .. [et al.]; prepared by Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division, c1987. url p. 295.
• The ecology of coral reefs: results of a Workshop on Coral Reef Ecology held by the American Society of Zoologists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1983 / edited by Marjorie L. Reaka. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Office of Undersea Research, url p. 85.
• The fishery resources of the Philippine Islands with descriptions of new species / Manila?: s.n., ca. 1909 - ca. 1912 url .
• The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. [By David Starr Jordan and Alvin Seale]. .. 1906 Washington, Government print off., 1906. url p. 378.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• FishBase, FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 125728
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25840
• Fishbase Species ID: 5828
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13801382
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166894
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 109073

Footnotes

1. Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
2. Mean = -675.980 meters (-2,217.782 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,280.220 based on 369 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. Myers, R.F. (1999). Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. [back]
4. Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 302 p. [back]

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