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Dermogenys robertsi Meisner, 2001

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Dermogenys robertsi<>, Wayan River at Bario San Nicolas, Busuanga I., Palawan Province. Known from Culion and Buuanga (Ref. 44897). Status may be endemic as computed from FishBase data (country records, occurrences records in literature and in point data) on 16/07/08. However, first description mentioned occurrence in Indonesia, thus, more recent and further confirmation may prove otherwise the endemic status.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 2013
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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);  robertsi: Named for Tyson Roberts, Southeast Asian fish expert who provided specimens from his private collection for this study..

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

Freshwater; pelagic.   Tropical

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