Trinectes maculatus

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Chordata
Sub-Phylum: 
Vertebrata
Class: 
Actinopteri
Order: 
Pleuronectiformes
Family: 
Achiridae
Genus: 
Trinectes
Species: 
maculatus
Authority: 
Bloch & Schneider 1801
Synonym(s): 
Pleuronectes maculatus (Bloch and Schneider 1801)
Achirus fasciatus (Evermann 1899)
Trinectes maculatus (Cook 1959)
Achirus mollis (Wailes 1854)

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Diagnosis

Diagnosis_Genus: Trinectes Rafinesque. a new G. of fash near to Achirus found in the river Schuylkill; it has only three
fins, dorsal, anal and caudal.
Diagnosis_Species: Trinectes maculatus Bloch & Schneider. 31. Nigricans. 52. Achirus. 33. Bilineatus Bl. 34. Albus Gronovii. 35. Arel. 36. Lineatus L. Grognovii, Brownii. 37. Spinofus. Pictus Forfteri.

Body_adults_length: 11 cm
Body_max_length: 21.2 cm
Sequence_12SrRNA: AF488496 (Azevedo et al. 2008)
Sequence_16SrRNA: AF488446 (Azevedo et al. 2008)

Etymology

Trinectes: Three swimmer; maculatus: spotted, in reference to the color pattern of the eyed side (Ross 2001).

Type species

The type species for the genus Trinectes is Trinectes scabra (Rafinesque 1832).

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Holotype: ZMB 7408, 1(130.60 mm), location unknown.
Type locality: Chesapeake Bay, eastern U.S.A.
Type catalog: Paepke 1999:41 [ref. 24282] with locality correction; not Tranquebar, India.

Ecology

Habitat: Coastal
Habitat: Estuarine
Habitat: U.S. distribution: Coastal species known from Massachusetts south along the Atlantic coast, and throughout the Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela (Hubbs et al 1991). Texas distribution: May be found inhabiting most of the bays and estuaries in the state; also found in the lower reaches of coastal streams (Hubbs et al 1991). Adults inhabit coastal waters. They also enter fresh waters, going hundreds of miles upstream.
Substrate: water
Salinity: freshwater
Salinity: marine
pH_adults: basic (8)
Temperature_adults: 5 - 22°C
Oxygen_level: Oxic
Depth: Epipelagic (0 - 75 m)
Migratory: Yes.
Causality_of_migration: Spawning
Temporality_of_migration: Seasonal (spring)

Life cycle

Reproduction_mode: sexual
Longevity: more than 3 years (6-12 years along Atlantic Coast (Mansueti and Pauly 1956; Wockly 1968; Dovel et al. 1969; Koski 1978)
Generation_time: 1 to 3 years (2 (Koski 1978), 3 (Wockley 1968)
Generation_time: 4 years (Mansueti and Pauly 1956)
Fecundity_number of eggs: 10,000 to 34,000 (Hildebrand and Schroeder 1928; Castagna 1955)
Fertility_period: Seasonal (from June through August (Pearson 1941; Dovel et al. 1969; Koski 1978; Smith 1986))
Spawning method: External fertilization in estuaries (in the evening, from approximately 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. (Hildebrand and Cable 1938))
 

Feeding behaviour

Omnivorous

Mode of locomotion

Motility: motile_swimming

Original description

Reference(s)

Attached phylogeny

Icône image The strict consensus tree resulting from 32 equally most-parsimonious trees with all nucleotides weigh (Berendzen&Dimmick 2002)
Icône image The strict consensus tree resulting from eight equally most-parsimonious trees with loop regions... (Berendzen&Dimmick 2002)
Icône image Fifty percent majority rule tree produced by a bayesian analysis under TrN1I1G (Berendzen&Dimmick 2002)

Observation site(s)

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Amyloodinium ocellatum Gulf Coast Research Laboratory