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Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons, 1854

Shiner perch
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Mexico country information

Common names: Mojarra brillosa, Perca, Shiner perch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Ranges south to Bahia San Quintin, northern Baja California. Also Ref. 2850.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lamb, A. and P. Edgell, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Mojarra brillosa, Perca, Szumien maly, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Embiotocidae (Surfperches)
Etymology: Cymatogaster: Greek, kyma,-atos = wave, swelling, bump + Greek, gaster = stomach (Ref. 45335);  aggregata: Cymatogater foetus belly - alluding to the fact that it is a live bearer; aggregata crowded together (Ref. 4930).

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 1 - 146 m (Ref. 2850).   Subtropical; 57°N - 21°N, 137°W - 105°W

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