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Eupetrichthys angustipes Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888

Snakeskin wrasse
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Australia country information

Common names: Slender wrasse, Slender parrotfish, Snakeskin wrasse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: This species was observed at Portsea Hole, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, and has been recorded from the Kent Group in Bass Strait. Recorded from Shark Bay (Ref. 115274). Museum: New South Wales, Seal Rocks, AMS I.18297-005; Long Reef, Collaroy, AMS I.16237-010; Port Jackson (Sydney), AMS IB.8389; Jervis Bay, AMS I.16851-029. South Australia, Kangaroo I., AMS I.20195-001. Western Australia, Mondrain I., Recherche Arch., AMS I.20224-001; Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grande, AMS I.20220-004; Esperance Bay, AMS I.20226-001; Two People Bay, AMS I.20236-006; King George Sound, WAM P.5696, Geographe Bay, AMS I.20235-001; Cockburn Sound, AMS I.20229-005; Rottnest I., AMS I.20242-003 (Ref. 26203).
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: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

弓纹鹦隆头鱼, Slender parrotfish, Slender wrasse, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Eupetrichthys: Greek, eu = good + Latin, petra = stone + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335);  angustipes: Specific epithet from the Latin 'angustus' meaning slender and 'stipes' meaning trunk, referring to the elongate body..
  More on authors: Ramsay & Ogilby.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 17 m (Ref. 26203).   Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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