Rhomboplites aurorubens

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

Overview

Family : Snappers ; Found in moderately deep waters , most common over rock, gravel or sand bottoms near the edge of the continental and island shelves. Young fish occur in shallower depths (below 25 m ). Often forms large schools, particularly the young. Feeds on fishes , shrimps, crabs, polychaetes , other benthic invertebrates , cephalopods and planktonic organisms . Good food fish [1].

Common Names

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Description

Family Lutjanidae

Marine ; rarely estuarine . Some species do enter freshwater for feeding. Tropical and subtropical : Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Dorsal fin continuous or slightly notched . Spines in dorsal fin 10-12; soft rays 10-17. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 7-11. Pelvic fins originating just behind pectoral base . Mouth moderate to large; terminal . Jaws bearing enlarged canine teeth. Palatine teeth small. Vomer usually with small teeth. Maxilla covered by preorbital with the mouth closed. Branchiostegal rays 7. Vertebrae 24 (10 + 14). To about 1 m maximum length . Most species are predators of crustaceans and fishes , several are planktivores . Most do well in aquaria , but grow too fast. Valued as food fish but sometimes a cause of ciguatera. Generally demersal , down to depths of about 450 m.The family Lutjanidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 17 genera and 103 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 carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,856 meters (0 to -15,932 feet).[2]

Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .

Biology

Sound types : thumps, knocks. Sound organ: swim bladder. Sonic mechanism: not specified.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aprion ariommus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
2. Centropristis aurorubens Cuvier, 1829
3. Mesoprion elegans Poey, 1860
4. Romboplites aurorubens (Cuvier, 1829)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rhomboplites

There are approximately 2 species in this genus:

R. aurorubens (Golden-Red Snapper) · R. aurubens

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of th Tropic of Cancer, with notes on the species discovered in 1883 and 1884, by David Starr Jordan. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1885. ENG url p. 88.
• A catalogue of the fishes of Bermuda, with notes on a collection made in 1905 for the Field Museum, by Tarleton H. Bean. Chicago, 1906. ENG url p. 26.
• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. ENG url p. 26.
• Allan Hancock Atlantic expedition / University of Southern California. Los Angeles, Calif.: The University, 1945-[1964] ENG url p. 20, p. 49.
• Allen, G. R. 1985. Snappers of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Cataloque of Lutjanid Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. vi + 208. ISBN: 92-5-102321-2.
• Allen, G.R. (1985). FAO species catalogue. Vol. 6. Snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 6(125):208 p.
• American fishes: a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture / by G. Brown Goode with numerous illustrations. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, c1887. ENG url p. 78.
• American food and game fishes. A popular account of all the species found in America north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture, . by David Starr Jordan...and Barton Warren Evermann...illustrated with co Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. ENG url p. 417, p. 566.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 253, p. 27.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 197.
• Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin (1993). Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin.
• Claro, R. (1994). Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
• Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds. 2001. Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. 21-57. ISBN: 1-56098-985-8.
• Contents and index to volume 7, numbers 1 to 12, Zoological series / Charles B. Cory. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1912. ENG url p. 437.
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Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 10, 2006.
• FishBase
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Sedberry, George (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3858647
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22946
• Fishbase Species ID: 213
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13282849
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168909
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 123293

Footnotes

1. Cervigón, F. (1993). Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. [back]
2. Mean = 997.740 meters (3,273.425 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,527.410 based on 100 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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