Sao Tome and Principe country information

Common names: Agulha quio, Zanve
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from São Tomé Island based on specimen caught by local fishers and photographed by DOP (Ref. 34088). Also Ref. 34500, 34503, 34508.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Afonso, P., F.M. Porteiro, R.S. Santos, J.P. Barreiros, J. Worms and P. Wirtz, 1999
National Database:

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Belonidae (Needlefishes)
Etymology: Tylosurus: Greek, tylos = callus + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Péron & Lesueur.

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

Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 13 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical; 26°C - 29°C (Ref. 4959); 21°N - 1°N

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Tylosurus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821)

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