MBI Species Classification Request

General

Name:

Matt Pedersen ( mpedersen )

Status:

Completed

Date:

08/30/2011

Classification Type:

New

Challenge

Species:

Opsanus tau

Suggested Class:

Common Name(s):

Oyster Toadfish

Species Synonyms:

Gadus tau, Opsanus cerapalus,

Fish/Invert/Culture:

Spawn Mode:

Demersal

Fish Base Link:

http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Opsanus-tau.html

Breeding Success:

True

Success References:

The Saltwater Aquarium in the Home - 4th edition. Robert P.L. Straughan. Also Schumman, as referenced in Fishbase

Journal:

If Challenging Existing Classification
Reasons Species Should be Reclassified:

If Requesting New Classification
Research or Links to information on Species:	http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Opsanus-tau.html

Other Details
Other Information:	May be a direct developer based on breeding reports from the 1960's. May well actually be one of the first marine aquarium fish to have been spawned and reared. References talk about collecting wild spawned eggs, but it is conceivable that captive spawning may have occurred, although there is no explicit mention of where spawning took place in Straughan's references. There are however, pictures of juveniles. pretty cool fish.

Other Details

Other Information:

May be a direct developer based on breeding reports from the 1960's. May well actually be one of the first marine aquarium fish to have been spawned and reared. References talk about collecting wild spawned eggs, but it is conceivable that captive spawning may have occurred, although there is no explicit mention of where spawning took place in Straughan's references. There are however, pictures of juveniles. pretty cool fish.

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