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Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766)

Pinfish
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Cuba country information

Common names: Bream, Chopa espina, Pinfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Claro, R., 1994
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Claro, R., 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Caught occasionally. Also Ref. 3815, 26340, 26938.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Claro, R. and L.R. Parenti, 2001
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) > Sparidae (Porgies)
Etymology: Lagodon: Greek, lagos = hare + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; depth range 6 - 30 m (Ref. 44885).   Subtropical; 42°N - 18°N, 98°W - 64°W

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