Rabdasargus sarba
(No common name)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- 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 - Bony Fishes
- Class: Actinopterygii
Cope 1887 - Ray-Finned Fishes
- Order: Perciformes
- Perch-like Fishes
- Suborder: Percoidei
- Series: Percomorpha
- Family: Sparidae
- Porgys and Seabreams
- Genus: Rabdasargus
- Specific name: sarba
- Scientific name: Rabdasargus sarba
- Specific name: sarba
- Genus: Rabdasargus
- Family: Sparidae
- Porgys and Seabreams
- Series: Percomorpha
- Suborder: Percoidei
- Order: Perciformes
- Perch-like Fishes
- Class: Actinopterygii
Cope 1887 - Ray-Finned Fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes
Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Physical Description
Family Sparidae:
Chiefly marine; very rare in fresh- and brackish water. Distribution: tropical and temperate Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Dorsal fin usually having 10-13 spines; soft rays 10-15. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 8-14. Maxilla hidden by a sheath when mouth is closed. Branchiostegal rays 6. Vertebrae 24 (10 + 14). To about 1.2 m maximum length. Carnivores of hard-shelled benthic invertebrates. Many species have been found to be hermaphroditic; some have male and female gonads simultaneously; others change sex as they get larger. Premier food and game fishes. Many species around southern Africa. A few species have been implicated in cases of ciguatera[1].
The family Sparidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 35 genera and 112 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish, and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name: Greek, sparoides = a fish with golden head. 1668
Distribution
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rabdasargus:
There are approximately 1 species and subspecies in this genus: R. sarba
Members of the genus Langia:
There are approximately 10 species and subspecies in this genus: L. formosa · L. formosana · L. glauca · L. khasiana · L. kunmingensis · L. maculata · L. nawai · L. nina · L. szechuana · L. zenzeroides
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Notes
Contributors:
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources:
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers:
Footnotes:
- Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (
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