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Xenaploactis cautes Poss & Eschmeyer, 1980

Rough velvetfish
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Thailand country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Gulf of Thailand.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poss, S.G. and W.N. Eschmeyer, 1980
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Xenaploactis: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, aplos = double + Greek, aktis, -inos = ray (Ref. 45335);  cautes: Name means a rough, pointed rock [= cautes]. Noun in apposition..

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 33 - 79 m (Ref. 35984).   Tropical

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