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Dermogenys pusilla Kuhl, van & Hasselt, 1823

Wrestling halfbeak
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Common names: Needle gar
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija as specimen for living fish museum (Ref. 81820). Recorded from Candaba Swamp and Pampanga River (Ref. 109918). Also Ref. 280, 12157. Outside distributional range, occurrence needs further confirmation.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Meisner, A.D., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Zenarchopteridae (Internally fertilized halfbeaks)
Etymology: Dermogenys: Greek, derma = skin + Greek, geny, -yos = face, jaw (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Kuhl, van & Hasselt.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9 - 19; depth range 0 - ? m.   Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 30491)

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