Philippines country information

Common names: Ampapagot, Ampapagot, Bigong
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Cebu City and Badian, Cebu (Ref. 58652) and several ecosystems. Edible but flesh may be poisonous (Ref. 12745). Also Ref. 1602, 9770, 41464.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rau, N. and A. Rau, 1980
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Baliste étoilé, Pejepuerco estrellado, Starry trigger fish, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Balistidae (Triggerfishes)
Etymology: Abalistes: Greek, a = without + Greek, ballo = to throw (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 7 - 350 m (Ref. 58488). Tropical; 46°N - 36°S, 21°E - 164°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)

Common names from other countries

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

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