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Common names: Baga, Baga-baga, Baga-baga
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276) and Verde Island Passage (Ref. 107854). Known in Calamianes Islands, northern Palawan (Ref. 48613). Museum: USNM 161568; FMNH 47491. Mindanao, Cagayan, AMS I.10572 (Ref. 12419). UW 6544; USNM 56071, 58056, 58058, 138809, 138810, 161571, 191768. Also Ref. 393, 1602, 5300, 53416, 107852, 121724.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E. and D.W. Greenfield, 1996
National Database:

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Soldat à œillères, Big-eye soldierfish, Red soldierfish, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Holocentriformes (Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes) > Holocentridae (Squirrelfishes, soldierfishes) > Myripristinae
Etymology: Myripristis: Greek, myros, -ou = male of morey eel + Greek, pristis = saw (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 50 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 30°N - 35°S

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Myripristis murdjan (Fabricius, 1775)

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

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