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Plectorhinchus sordidus (Klunzinger, 1870)

Sordid rubberlip
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Iraq country information

Common names: Sordid thicklip
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Ziyadi, M.S.F., L.A. Jawad and M.A. Al-Mukhtar, 2018
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Five specimens (35.5-36.0 cm TL) were caught by local fishermen using gillnetsfrom off the coast of Fao City, Basrah, northwestern corner of the Arabian Gulf (29° 47’ 55.71’’N, 48° 43’ 32.9’’ E) last March 7, 2012. These records extend northward the species range in the Arabian Gulf area (Ref. 97537).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.bim.ie/index.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jawad, L.A., M.E. Al-Badri and R. Fricke, 2014
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Plectorhinchinae
Etymology: Plectorhinchus: Greek, plektos = plaited + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Klunzinger.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 80 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 30°N - 36°S, 19°E - 62°E

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