Common name of Atractoscion aequidens
 
Common name Geelbeek
Language English
Type AFS
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core color pattern(s)
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'geelbeek', from Afrikaans'geelbek'; 'geel', i.e., yellow and 'bek', i.e., mouth may refer to the colouration of the mouth of the fish. (Nico E. Willemse, Coll. No. 375, personal communication).
 
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