Moorish Idol

Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus 1758)

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Zanclus cornutus (Moorish Idol) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family moorish idols. Individuals can grow to 23.0 cm.

EOL has data for 20 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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15 cm
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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23 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Kermadec Islands
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4032961
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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marine reef
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000143
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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http//purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000049
has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Pseudohaliotrematoides zancli
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus 1758) (Moorish idol)
Total length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001660
- Definition: length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body
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23.0 cm
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0.4575 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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22.492 degrees celsius
wet body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassWet
- Definition: Mass of one individual of this taxon, living or fresh, without desiccation
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135 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Moorish idol. View this species on GBIF

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