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Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894)

Natal duckbill
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Common names: Philippine duckbill, Spotted duckbill
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: From North West Cape to Darwin. Museum: NTM S.10998-002 (TGT2512); AMS I.22808-051 (Ref. 5978). Off Northern coast of Western Australia, WAM P.19144-001 (holotype of B. aethalea); WAM P.19148-19151. East of Wooli, N.S.W., AMS I.20118-019 (Ref. 13203). Also Ref. 3132.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Spotted duckbill, 菲律宾鲬状鱼, Patudo do Natal, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Bembropoidei (Duckbill flatheads) > Bembropidae (Duckbill flatheads)
Etymology: Bembrops: Greek, bembras, -ados = a kind of anchovy m+ Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335);  platyrhynchus: Specific name from the Greek 'platys' meaning flat and 'rhynchos' meaning snout or beak..
  More on author: Alcock.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 549 m (Ref. 26165).   Deep-water

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