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Poroclinus rothrocki Bean, 1890

Whitebarred prickleback
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Whitebarred blenny, Whitebarred prickleback
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges south to San Diego, southern California (Ref. 2850, 27436). Also Ref. 11447.
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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: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Whitebarred blenny, White-barred blenny, 白带坚鳚, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Lumpenidae (Eel pricklebacks)
Etymology: Poroclinus: Greek, poros = porous + Greek, klinein, kline = sloping and bed, due to the four apophyses of sphenoid bone (Ref. 45335);  rothrocki: Named for Dr. J.T. Rothrock, botanist at the Universitiy of Pennsylvania (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Bean.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 46 - 128 m (Ref. 2850).   Temperate

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