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Haemulon album Cuvier, 1830

White margate
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Bahamas country information

Common names: Margate
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993
Importance: commercial | Ref: Department of Fisheries, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 1998
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Great Bahama Bank and from Great Inagua Island. Also Ref. 9626, 26280, 26938.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/bahamas-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Haemulon: Greek, haimaleos = bloody (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 20 - 60 m (Ref. 5217).   Tropical; 33°N - 33°S, 99°W - 30°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze |
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