Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Chinaman, Chinaman-Leatherjacket, Chunks, Ocean Guard, Ocean Jacket, Ocean Leatherjacket, Yellow Jacket
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
艾氏澳洲单角鲀, 艾氏澳洲單角魨
Description
Habitat
Adults are found on the continental shelf and slope , while juveniles school seasonally in inshore waters [1]. Juvenile ocean jackets have been caught in seagrass, over bare sand and on rocky reefs (Ref. 6390). Adults however, tend to be absent from seagrass areas (Ref. 6390).
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,875 meters (0 to -15,994 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Are carnivorous , feeding mainly on salps . Other food items in the diet include gastropod mollusks , crustaceans and fish[3].
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
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
()
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
()
- Family:
Monacanthidae
()
- Genus:
Nelusetta
()
- Whitley, 1939
- Specific name:
ayraud
- (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Scientific name: - Nelusetta ayraud (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Specific name:
ayraud
- (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
- Genus:
Nelusetta
(
- Family:
Monacanthidae
(
- Suborder:
Balistoidei
(
- Order:
Tetraodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Balistes ayraud Quoy & Gaimard • Nelusetta ayraudi (Quoy & Gaimard
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Needs another reference
.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nelusetta
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 29.
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 15, 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 3 providers.
- Hutchins, Barry (from FishBase).
- 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 01, 2008:
- 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)
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3765459
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-149242
- Fishbase Species ID: 14549
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646216
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 117623
Footnotes
- 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]
- Mean = -261.560 meters (-858.136 feet), Standard Deviation = 807.530 based on 805 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Lindholm, R. (1984). Observation on the ocean jacket Nelusetta ayraudi (Quoy and Gaimard) in the Great Australian Bight. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 35(5):597-599. [back]
Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
