Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 245 specimens in 23 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 89 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 10 - 80000
Temperature range (°C): 6.176 - 25.634
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.462 - 33.602
Salinity (PPS): 33.843 - 36.777
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.299 - 5.831
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.099 - 2.291
Silicate (umol/l): 0.993 - 27.850
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 10 - 80000
Temperature range (°C): 6.176 - 25.634
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.462 - 33.602
Salinity (PPS): 33.843 - 36.777
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.299 - 5.831
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.099 - 2.291
Silicate (umol/l): 0.993 - 27.850
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 89 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 10 - 80000
Temperature range (°C): 6.176 - 25.634
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.462 - 33.602
Salinity (PPS): 33.843 - 36.777
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.299 - 5.831
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.099 - 2.291
Silicate (umol/l): 0.993 - 27.850
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 10 - 80000
Temperature range (°C): 6.176 - 25.634
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.462 - 33.602
Salinity (PPS): 33.843 - 36.777
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.299 - 5.831
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.099 - 2.291
Silicate (umol/l): 0.993 - 27.850
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 92 | Public Records: | 4 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 60 | Public Species: | 2 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 56 | Public BINs: | 3 |
| Species: | 13 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 10 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Pontinus
Pontinus is a genus of scorpionfishes.
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Pontinus accraensis Norman, 1935 (Ghanean rockfish)
- Pontinus castor Poey, 1860 (Longsnout scorpionfish)
- Pontinus clemensi Fitch, 1955 (Mottled scorpionfish)
- Pontinus corallinus A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903
- Pontinus furcirhinus Garman, 1899
- Pontinus helena Eschmeyer, 1965
- Pontinus hexanema (Günther, 1880)
- Pontinus kuhlii (S. Bowdich, 1825) (Offshore rockfish)
- Pontinus leda Eschmeyer, 1969 (Speckled deepwater scorpionfish)
- Pontinus longispinis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Longspine scorpionfish)
- Pontinus macrocephalus (Sauvage, 1882) (Large-headed scorpionfish)
- Pontinus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860) (Spinythroat scorpionfish)
- Pontinus nigerimum Eschmeyer, 1983 (Blacklash scorpionfish)
- Pontinus nigropunctatus (Günther, 1868) (St. Helena deepwater scorpionfish)
- Pontinus rathbuni Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Highfin scorpionfish)
- Pontinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1872)
- Pontinus sierra (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Speckled scorpionfish)
- Pontinus strigatus Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Stalkeye scorpionfish)
- Pontinus tentacularis (Fowler, 1938)
- Pontinus vaughani Barnhart & C. L. Hubbs, 1946 (Spotback scorpionfish)
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Scorpaeniformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35888&is_real_user=1. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Pontinus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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