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Bostockia porosa Castelnau, 1873

Nightfish
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Common names: Nightfish, Western cod
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Pen, L.J. and I.C. Potter, 1990
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Western Australia (Ref. 48666). Endemic to the Southwest Coast Drainage Division (WA), between the Moore river and the vicinity of Albany (Ref. 44894).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)
Etymology:   More on author: Castelnau.

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

Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 6994).   Temperate; 10°C - 25°C (Ref. 6994); 30°S - 35°S, 115°W -

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