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Siphonognathus attenuatus (Ogilby, 1897)

Slender weed whiting
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Australia country information

Common names: Short-nose weed whiting, Short-snouted pencil weed whiting, Slender rock whiting
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Wilsons Promontory, Victoria (146°20'E) to Rottnest I., Western Australia (32°00'S).
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: Gomon, M.F. and J.R. Paxton, 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Odacidae (Cales and weed-whitings)
Etymology: Siphonognathus: Greek, siphon = tube + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Ogilby.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 45 m (Ref. 9563).   Subtropical; 32°S - 45°S

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