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Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953

Marr's fusilier
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Common names: Aha-an, Alimoking, Baranti
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Carpenter, K.E., 1988
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Pasacao, Camarines Sur (Ref. 58652), Paril-Sangay Protected Seascape, Moro Gulf (Ref. 106380). Caught fairly common in western Palawan by drive-in nets, and occasionally in other areas by gill nets and traps (Ref. 402). Museum: Manila markets, BPBM 30736, 30737, 30720, 28805, 30746, 30798. Palawan, BPBM 30661 (Ref. 1723). Also Ref. 48613, 53416, 121724.
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: Broad, G., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Twinstripe fusilier, Bigtail fusilier, Big-tail fusilier, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Caesionidae (Fusiliers) > Caesioninae
Etymology: Pterocaesio: Greek, pteron = wing, fin + Latin, caesius = blue grey (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Schultz.

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

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 58018), usually ? - 10 m (Ref. 89972).   Tropical; 34°N - 31°S, 39°E - 133°W (Ref. 402)

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