Biology:School bass
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Serraninae |
| Genus: | Schultzea Woods, 1958[2] |
| Species: | S. beta
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| Binomial name | |
| Schultzea beta (Hildebrand, 1940)
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The school bass (Schultzea beta) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, it is the only member of the monotypic genus Schultzea which is part of the subfamily Serraninae which itself is classified within the family Serranidae, along with the anthias and groupers. It is found in the western central Atlantic Ocean. This species is found in deeper waters near coral reefswhere it forms small groups which feed on plankton. The school bass is a synchronous hermaphrodite.[3] The generic name honours the United States ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901-1986) who was Curator of Fishes at the United States National Museum who examined the specimens described by Loren P. Woods (1914-1979) as Schultzea campachanus, which was later shown to be a synonym of Hildebrand's Serranus beta.[5]
References
- ↑ Anderson, W.; Carpenter, K.E.; Gilmore, G.; Milagrosa Bustamante, G.; Polanco Fernandez, A.; Robertson, R. (2015). "Schultzea beta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T16759398A16781878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16759398A16781878.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16759398/16781878. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Schultzea". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=8628.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Schutzea beta" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Serraninae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Serraninae.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Serranus beta". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=34762.
Wikidata ☰ Q1877964 entry
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