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Crenimugil heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855)

Half fringelip mullet
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Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: Fringe-lipped mullet
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Fly and Kemp Welsh rivers of southern Papua New Guinea. Found throughout the lower and middle sections of the Fly, and also penetrates the Upper Fly at least 900 km upstream from the mouth. Also Ref. 6192, 13533.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Mugiliformes (Mullets) > Mugilidae (Mullets)
Etymology: Crenimugil: Latin, crenulatus = cut, clipped + Latin, mugil = grey mullet (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; catadromous (Ref. 46888); depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 27°N - 26°S, 99°E - 171°E

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