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Antigonia malayana Weber, 1913

Malayan deepsea boarfish
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Common names: Malayan deepsea boarfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: NTM S.11034-002 (TGT2330). From North West Cape to Darwin. Off Port Hedland (18°28'S) to off Adele Is. (15°08'S), W.A. and off Raine Is., Qld (11°35'S) (Ref. 7300).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Deman Malaya, 马来亚菱鲷, Boarfish, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Antigoniidae (Deepbody boarfishes)
Etymology: Antigonia: Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who defied her uncle, king Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother Polynices and was condemned to be immured in a cave (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Weber.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 165 - 304 m (Ref. 58018).   Deep-water

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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