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Pholidichthys leucotaenia Bleeker, 1856

Convict blenny
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from habitats near or among corals of southern Philippines. Occurrence in Batangas needs further confirmation or documentation since museum specimens, CAS 32048 and BMNH 1982.3.4, were apparently provided by aquarium importers (Ref. 26419). Also Ref. 9710.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Werner, T.B. and G.R. Allen, 2000
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Pholidichthyidae (Convict blenny)
Etymology: Pholidichthys: Greek, pholis, -idos = scale (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 30 m (Ref. 90102), usually 10 - 20 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 21°N - 27°S, 109°E - 168°E

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