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Pinguipes brasilianus Cuvier, 1829

Brazilian sandperch
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Italy country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: stray
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Two specimens fished from 2 localites, 900 km apart, in Messina (24 cm caught by longline, 04/02/90) and in Loano (32.5 cm by trammes, 18/10/90). Probable means of transport are ballast waters; uncertain whether fish could still be present in the Mediterranean (Ref. 44205).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Orsi Relini, L., 2002
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Pinguipedidae (Sandperches)
Etymology: Pinguipes: Latin, pinguis = fat + Greek, pous = feet (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 60 - 150 m (Ref. 27569).   Subtropical; 23°S -

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