Specimen Information

Zebrasoma velifer
Zebrasoma velifer
(sailfin tang)
Marine Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID245633
GroupMarine Fishes
GenusZebrasoma
Speciesvelifer
Common Namesailfin tang
StateFL
CountyMonroe
LocalityAtlantic Ocean, Florida Keys, Mike's Wreck/Tonawanda E6/7 [near North Key Largo]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameFloridian
HUC8 Number32007000
Map
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Collection Year2000
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:17775
Author:REEF.
Date:2008
Title:Exotic Species Sighting Program and Volunteer Survey Project Database.
Publisher:Reef Environmental Education Foundation.
Volume:March 10, 2008
Reference 2
Ref. Number:13817
Author:Semmens, B.X., E.R. Buhle, A.K. Salomon, C.V. Pattengill-Semmens.
Date:2004
Title:A hotspot of non-native marine fishes: evidence for the aquarium trade as an invasion pathway.
Journal:Marine Ecology Progress Series
Volume:266
Pages:239-244
Commentsobserved
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineMarine
Number Collected1


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