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Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869)

Blackspot snapper
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Philippines country information

Common names: Admon, Agba-on, Alsis
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276). Specimens were collected from Calbiga-a creek and Ambacan River at Baybay, Leyte in 1993 (Ref. 7223). Also known from San Vicente, N. Luzon (Ref. 58652). Also Ref. 55.
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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: Broad, G., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lutjanidae (Snappers) > Lutjaninae
Etymology: Lutjanus: Malay, ikan lutjan, name of a fish.
  More on author: Peters.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 30°N - 18°S, 31°E - 165°E (Ref. 55)

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