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Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley, 2013)

Thread-spined goby
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from southeastern Gulf of Mexico, off Cape Sable, southwestern Florida by a dredge at 68-m depth, in 17 or 18 February 1889 (Ref. 94726).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hastings, P.A. and L.T. Findley, 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) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Pinnichthys: Name formed Latin 'pinna' (feminine; fin) and 'ichthys' (Latinized form of the Greek acronym ichthus; fish); referring to the high number of fin rays in the second dorsal fin and anal fin of all species in the genus.;  bilix: Name from Latin 'bilix' meaning - with a double thread; referring to the two elongated, threadlike dorsal-fin spines..

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 62 - 138 m (Ref. 94726).   Tropical

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