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View Mode View All Pictures Species Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier 1830)    Atractoscion aequidens was originally described as Otolithus aequidens by Cuvier in 1830. It belongs to the family Sciaenidae. It is commonly known as Geelbeck croaker but has many other common names such as Teraglin in Australia, Geelbeek in USA (contiguous states), Geelbek in South Africa, Corvina morada in Mozambique, Teraglin in Djibouti. more common names It is found in Brackish and Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   aequidens AuthorWI   Cuvier [G.] AuthorNI   Cuvier Qualification   in Cuvier & Valenciennes Year   1830 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Acanthuriformes Acanthuriformes Family   Sciaenidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Atractoscion Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Acanthuriformes Family   Sciaenidae Genus   Atractoscion Original Name   Otolithus         Taxon Name   aequidens Original Combination   Otolithus aequidens Original Genus   Otolithus Original Genus Species   Otolithus aequidens OriginalSubGenus   Otolithus Original Author   Cuvier Original AuthorWI   Cuvier [G.] Original Qualification   in Cuvier & Valenciennes Original Year   1830 Original Family   Sciaenidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:14 [ref. 6382]. Primary Code   --- Page   66 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Atractoscion aequidens Current Species   aequidens Current Genus Atractoscion Current AuthorWI Cuvier [G.] Current AuthorNI   Cuvier Current Year   1830 Current Family Sciaenidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat brackish, marine.         Water Brackish and Salt water Habitat Notes Atractoscion aequidens = Geelbek. (Cuvier, 1830) Attains 130 cm. and 25 kg. All along our coast; common in Angolan waters and has been reported off northwest Africa and Australia. Flesh highly esteemed, cures easily. Depth Range From 15 to 200 meters.     Current Summary   Valid as Atractoscion aequidens  (Cuvier 1830). Sciaenidae.   Name History   •Valid as Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier 1830) -- (Trewavas 1977:283 [ref. 4459], Heemstra 1986:617 [ref. 5660], Chao & Trewavas 1990:815 [ref. 18934], Kuiter 1993:199 [ref. 23929], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:164 [ref. 25472], Sasaki 1996:84 [ref. 22156], Lea & Rosenblatt 2000:121 [ref. 25206] as aequedens, Sasaki 2001:3129 [ref. 26108], Chao 2002:8 [ref. 26250], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:270 [ref. 28072], Bray et al. 2006:1258 [ref. 29091], Chao in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2640 [ref. 34618], Song et al. 2017:225 [ref. 35529], Ali et al. 2018:331 [ref. 36183]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (6 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   atelodus Atractoscion atelodus (Günther [A.] 1867) Valid californiensis Atractoscion californiensis (Steindachner [F.] 1876) Synonym macrolepis Atractoscion macrolepis Song [Y. S.], Kim [J.-K.] & Kim [S. Y.] 2017 Valid microlepis Atractoscion microlepis Song [Y. S.], Kim [J.-K.] & Kang [J.-H.] 2017 Valid nobilis Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres [W. O.] 1860) Valid teraglin Atractoscion teraglin (Macleay [W.] 1880) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (6 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…