WoRMS taxon details

Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)

218429  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218429)

accepted
Species
Gnathandon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gnathanodon specious (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gnathodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gnathonodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scomber speciosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 54, xii [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Forms schools. Occurs in deep lagoons and seaward reefs where they feed by rooting for crustaceans and other invertebrates...  
Description Forms schools. Occurs in deep lagoons and seaward reefs where they feed by rooting for crustaceans and other invertebrates in the sand. Also feeds on small fishes. Juveniles are often found on reefs (Ref. 9283). It is noted for its behaviour to closely swim around other large fish, but also following divers (Ref. 10361).The species in never toxic (Ref. 4795). Marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref.9283). Juveniles are used in the aquarium trade. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218429 on 2024-11-21
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description (of Caranx cives De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 537-547.
page(s): 540 [details] 

original description (of Scomber speciosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 54, xii [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Caranx edentulus Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

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

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Forms schools. Occurs in deep lagoons and seaward reefs where they feed by rooting for crustaceans and other invertebrates in the sand. Also feeds on small fishes. Juveniles are often found on reefs (Ref. 9283). It is noted for its behaviour to closely swim around other large fish, but also following divers (Ref. 10361).The species in never toxic (Ref. 4795). Marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref.9283). Juveniles are used in the aquarium trade. [details]
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English golden trevally  [details]
Japanese コガネシマアジ  [details]
Spanish jurel dorado  [details]