Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Stellar rockskipper
Common Names in Japanese:
Hoshi-Ginpo, Hoshiginpo
Common Names in Korean:
저울베도라치
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
日本犁齒鳚, 日本犁齿鳚, 星斑蛙鳚, 賴氏犁齒鳚, 赖氏犁齿鳚
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,479 meters (0 to -4,852 feet).[1]
Ecology:
Entomacrodus stellifer inhabits rocky shorelines
, reef flats
and surge channels
in high energy areas to depths of 5 m.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
- 12 Marine Intertidal
- 12.1 Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Blennioidei
()
- Family:
Blenniidae
()
- Tribe:
Salariini
()
- Genus:
Entomacrodus
()
- Gill, 1859
- Specific name:
stellifer
- Scientific name: - Entomacrodus stellifer (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
- Specific name:
stellifer
- Genus:
Entomacrodus
(
- Tribe:
Salariini
(
- Family:
Blenniidae
(
- Suborder:
Blennioidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Entomacrodus stellifer • Scartichthys stellifer • Scartichthys stellifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902 • Scartichthys stellifer Jordan & Snyder
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 11-Aug-1998
Entomacrodus stellifer used
to be considered to have two sub-species; Entomacrodus stellifer
stellifer and Entomacrodus stellifer lighti, but Entomacrodus
stellifer lighti is now considered to be a separate species.
[2].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Entomacrodus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. cadenati (West African Rockhopper) · E. caudofasciatus (Tail-Barred Rockskipper) · E. chiostictus (Notchfin Blenny) · E. cymatobiotus (Pacific Rockskipper) · E. cymatobiotusin (Pacific Rockskipper) · E. decussatus (Wavyline Rockskipper) · E. epalzeocheilos (Fringelip Rockskipper) · E. epalzeocheilus (Fringelip Rockskipper) · E. macrospilus (Tattoo-Chin Rockskipper) · E. marmoratus (Marbled Blenny) · E. nigricans (Pearl Blenny) · E. niuafoouensis (Tattoo-Chin Rockskipper) · E. sealei (Seale's Rockskipper) · E. stellifer (Stellar Rockskipper) · E. stellifer stellifer (Stellar Rockskipper) · E. strasburgi (Strasburg's Blenny) · E. striatus (Blackspotted Rockskipper) · E. textilis (Textile Blenny) · E. thalassinus (Reef Margin Blenny) · E. thalassinus longicirrus (Reef Margin Blenny) · E. thalassinus thalassinus (Sea Blenny) · E. vermiculatus (Vermiculated Blenny) · E. vomerinus (Rockpool Blenny)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 327, p. 329, p. 37, p. 8.
- Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic revision of the Blenniid Fish genera Cirripectes and Scartichthys / 1986. url p. 305.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 144, p. 145, p. 21, p. 48, p. 49, p. 51, p. 52, p. 53, p. 54, p. 87.
Notes
Contributors
- 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 10, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- McEachran, J. & Williams, J.T. 2010. Entomacrodus stellifer. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- 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.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126482
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-54319
- IUCN ID: 207552
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1472714
Footnotes
- Mean = -62.210 meters (-204.101 feet), Standard Deviation = 233.230 based on 39 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- McEachran, J. & Williams, J.T. 2010. Entomacrodus stellifer. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
