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Alionematichthys samoaensis Møller & Schwarzhans, 2008

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American Samoa country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, seaward face of leeward reef on Swains Island, CAS 81486 (holotype of Alionematichthys samoaensis, 4.6 cm SL, male) (Ref. 81230).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/aq.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Møller, P.R. and W. Schwarzhans, 2008
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Dinematichthyidae (Viviparous brotula)
Etymology: Alionematichthys: Name from Latin alius meaning the other or different, and nematichthys, the stem of the genus name Dinematichthys, to which this genus is most similar.;  samoaensis: Named for its type locality, American Samoa; an adjective..
  More on authors: Møller & Schwarzhans.

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

Marine; reef-associated.   Tropical

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