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Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867)

Harlequin tuskfish
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Choerodon fasciatus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported in Verde Island Passage (Ref. 107854). Type locality of Choerodon balerensis Herre, 1950 (Ref. 35918). Reported to being part of the aquarium trade in Virac, Catanduanes and Aparri, Cagayan (Joy Alban, pers. Comm., joyalban@yahoo.com).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Bodianinae
Etymology: Choerodon: Greek, choiros = a pig + odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); referrring to the prominent anterior canines of the species in this genus (Ref. 116605).
  More on author: Günther.

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

marien rifbewoner; diepte 5 - 35 m (Ref. 9823), usually 5 - 35 m (Ref. 27115).   Subtropical; 25°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115)

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