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Congiopodus torvus (Gronow, 1772)

Smooth horsefish
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Namibia country information

Common names: Gladde perdvis
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Mainly found off the Orange River. Caught as bycatch in bottom trawls. Also Ref. 6626.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Congiopodidae (Racehorses or pigfishes)
Etymology: Congiopodus: Latin, conger = conger + Greek, pous = feet (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Gronow.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 300 m (Ref. 27121).   Subtropical

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