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Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840

Shortnose greeneye
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Australia country information

Common names: Shortnose greeneye
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: WAM P.26270-019. From North West Cape to Darwin (Ref. 5978) and off Rowley Shoals, W.A. (Ref. 7300).
National Checklist:
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: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Chlorophthalmidae (Greeneyes)
Etymology: Chlorophthalmus: Greek, chloros = green + Greek, ophthlamos = eye (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bonaparte.

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

Marine; brackish; bathydemersal; depth range 50 - 1000 m (Ref. 6688).   Deep-water; 5°C - 13°C; 45°N - 29°S, 180°W - 180°E

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