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Cabillus macrophthalmus (Weber, 1909)

Bigeye cabillus
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Australia country information

Common names: Bigeye cabillus
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Hibernia Reef, Western Australia (11°58'S) (Ref. 75154). The record from Western Australia is considered as another undescribed species incorrectly identified as C. macrophthalmus due to the lack of scales on nape (Ref. 58252).
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: Kovačič, M. and S.V. Bogorodsky, 2013
National Database:

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: Cabillus: Dutch, kabeljau = cod fish, a dish of cod mached (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Weber.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 120 - 400 m (Ref. 42915).   Deep-water

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