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Chatrabus melanurus (Barnard, 1927)

Pony toadfish
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Namibia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Abundant between 120 and 250 m off Cape Fria (Ref. 4107). Specimen(s) held at the MFMR. Caught incidentally in bottom trawls.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wa.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.benefit.org.na/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes) > Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Halophryninae
Etymology:   More on author: Barnard.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 120 - 600 m (Ref. 27121), usually 120 - 250 m (Ref. 27121).   Tropical; - 35°S

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