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Erosa erosa (Cuvier, 1829)

Pitted stonefish
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New Caledonia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the north lagoon and St. Vincent Bay (Ref. 9070). Recorded from the Chesterfield Is. (Ref. 11897). Also Ref. 39597, 90102.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nc.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wantiez, L., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Synanceiidae (Stonefishes) > Synanceiinae
Etymology: Erosa: Latin, erosus, erodere = having the margin irregularly denticulated as if bitten by an animal (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 90 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical

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