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Pholidichthys leucotaenia Bleeker, 1856

Convict blenny
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Convict blenny
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality: Buru Is, Moluccen (Ref. 48635). Known from Flores (Ref. 8631). Also recorded from Raja Ampat Islands, Manado and vicinity, Togean and Banggai Islands; with an Indonesian distribution from Papua to Sulawesi (Ref. 47567). Museum: BPBM 18050 (Ref. 6201). Known from Kalimantan eastward (Ref. 90102).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kuiter, R.H., 1992
National Database:

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Pholidichthyidae (Convict blenny)
Etymology: Pholidichthys: Greek, pholis, -idos = scale (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 30 m (Ref. 90102), usually 10 - 20 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 21°N - 27°S, 109°E - 168°E

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