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Anoplogaster brachycera Kotlyar, 1986

Shorthorn fangtooth
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Sulu Sea, ZMMGU P-15945 (holotype of A. brachycera (Ref. 31253).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Anoplogastridae (Fangtooths)
Etymology: Anoplogaster: Greek, ana = up + Greek, oplon = shield + Greek, gaster = stomach (Ref. 45335);  brachycera: From the main characters of the young specimens which have short temporal and pre-opercular spines..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología


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