Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Caproidae > Capros > Capros aper

Capros aper (cuckoofish; Boarfish; Boar fish; Boar-fish)

Synonyms: Perca brunnich; Perca pusilla; Zeus aper
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Wikipedia Abstract

The boarfish, Capros aper, is a species of fish in the Caproidae family, the only known member of its genus.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Isles of Scilly Complex 66350 England, United Kingdom    

Prey / Diet

Antedon bifida[1]
Euphausia krohnii[1]
Meganyctiphanes norvegica (Norwegian krill)[1]
Nyctiphanes couchii[1]
Phronima sedentaria (Cooper of the sea)[1]

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Breizacanthus ligur[7]
Hemiurus luehei[7]
Opechona bacillaris[7]
Pycnadenoides senegalensis[1]
Steringotrema divergens[7]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
3DIETS OF FORKBEARD (Phycis phycis) AND CONGER EEL (Conger conger) OFF THE AZORES DURING SPRING OF 1996 AND 1997, TELMO MORATO, ENCARNACION SOLÀ, MARIA P. GRÓS & GUI MENEZES, Arquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences 17A: 51-64
4CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
5FEEDING HABITS OF TWO CONGENER SPECIES OF SEABREAMS, PAGELLUS BOGARAVEO AND PAGELLUS ACARNE, OFF THE AZORES (NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC) DURING SPRING OF 1996 AND 1997, Telmo Morato, Encarnacion Solà, Maria Pitta Grós and Gui Menezes, BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE, 69(3): 1073–1087, 2001
6Feeding habits, seasonal and ontogenetic diet shift of blacktail comber, Serranus atricauda (Pisces: Serranidae), from the Azores, north-eastern Atlantic, Telmo Morato, Ricardo Serrão Santos, José Pedro Andrade, Fisheries Research 49 (2000) 51-59
7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0