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Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829

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159409  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159409)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Trachichthyiformes (Order)
  11. Trachichthyidae (Family)
  12. Hoplostethus (Genus)
  13. Hoplostethus mediterraneus (Species)
  14. Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus (Subspecies)
 unaccepted
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée. 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details] 
Distribution Western North Atlantic: Georges Bank to northern Gulf of Mexico, Greater Antilles, and Venezuela to southern Brazil   
Distribution Western North Atlantic: Georges Bank to northern Gulf of Mexico, Greater Antilles, and Venezuela to southern Brazil  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159409 on 2025-05-07
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-06-16 07:05:49Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2022-03-02 13:55:50Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2023-01-11 08:59:53Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée. 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis. [details] 

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

Other

additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
Polygons
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Western North Atlantic: Georges Bank to northern Gulf of Mexico, Greater Antilles, and Venezuela to southern Brazil  [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Found at dephts of 100- 1175 m, over muddy bottoms. [details]

Reproduction Spawns May to October  [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch Middellandse-Zeedorie  [details]
English rosy soldierfishMediterranean slimehead  [details]
French hoplostète argenté  [details]
German Mittelmeer-Sägebauch  [details]
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