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Chriodorus atherinoides Goode & Bean, 1882

Hardhead halfbeak
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Bahamas country information

Common names: Hardhead halfbeak
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: On Andros island, this species was also found in the freshwater Lake Forsythe as well as in the Great Bahama bank. Found in bodies of water that are virtually landlocked and hence likely to be freshwater adapted (Ref. 26362).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/bahamas-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Etymology: Chriodorus: Greek, chrio, chroa, to touch, to rub + Greek, dora = skin (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Goode & Bean.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - ? m.   Subtropical

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