Otolithes ruber

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

Overview

Family : Drums or croakers ; Found in coastal waters [1]. Feeds on fishes , prawns and other invertebrates [2][3]. Generally marketed fresh, may be dried or salted[4].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 565 meters (0 to 1,854 feet).[5]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Johnius ruber Bloch & Schneider • Otolithes argenteus (Cuvier • Otolithoides ruber (Bloch & Schneider • Otolithus argenteus Cuvier • Otolithus orientalis Seale • Otolithus ruber (Bloch & Schneider • Otolithus tridentifer Richardson • Otolithus versicolor Cuvier

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Bloch, M .E. and J.G. Schneider M.E. Blochii, systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini, Sumtibus Austoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum: Berlin. 584 p., 1801.

Comment: Author [6].

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 02-Oct-1995

Similar Species

Members of the genus Otolithes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

O. cuvieri (Lesser Tiger-Toothed Croaker) · O. ruber (Croaker)

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 p. 40.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 452.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 356, p. 357.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 151 1987 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url title , p. 271.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 26.
• The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 156.
• The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization, serving as a foundation for the natural history of animals: and an introduction to comparative anatomy / Baron Cuvier. London, G. Henderson, 1834-37. url p. 109.

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 December 09, 2007:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Atlantic Reference Centre
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bishop Museum Data
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• 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
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center, Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3864460
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25339
• Fishbase Species ID: 4824
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13813691
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646658
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 119145

Footnotes

1. Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers (1996). FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Rome. 376 p. [back]
2. Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga (1990). Fichas FAO de identificaçao de espécies para actividades de pesca. Guia de campo das espécies comerciais marinhas e de águas salob ... [back]
3. Sasaki, K. (2001). Sciaenidae. Croakers (drums). p. 3117-3174. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Meni ... [back]
4. Sousa, M.I. and M. Dias (1981). Catálogo de peixes de Moçambique - Zona Sul. Instituto de Desenvolvimento Pesqueiro, Maputo. 121 p. [back]
5. Mean = -44.230 meters (-145.112 feet), Standard Deviation = 789.430 based on 693 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
6. Eschmeyer, W.N. (1996). PISCES. The information in FishBase was derived by comparing FishBase with a preliminary version 2.0 of Eschmeyer's PISCES database, published on the Internet in November 1996, URL: gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. [back]

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