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Cerdale fasciata Dawson, 1974

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: brackish
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: USNM 209536, 38.3, holotype, Ilha Itaparica, Barra do Pote, 0.1 m, 29 Apr. 1973; GCRL 10702, 30.0, paratype, cleared and stained, same locality, 18 Jan. 1973.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Dawson, C.E., 1974
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Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Microdesminae
Etymology: Cerdale: Greek, kerdoo, -oos, ous = the wary one, the wily one or the fox. Fishes of Alaska, Jordan and Evermann, 1898; personnal communication of Catherin W. Mecklenburg, California Acad, of Sciences;  fasciata: fasciata = banded or striped, in reference to the striped coloration of the preserved fish..

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

Marine; brackish; demersal.   Tropical

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