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Platycaranx malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Malabar trevally
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Viet Nam country information

Common names: Cá Khế mala, Cá Khế mõm ngắn, Malabar trevally
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Nguyen, H.P., P. Le Trong, N.T. Nguyen, P.D. Nguyen, N. Do Thi Nhu and V.L. Nguyen, 1995
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Gulf of Tonkin, central and southern Vietnam (Ref. 12846); also from Quang Ninh-Cat Ba (Ref. 58534). Also Ref. 3280.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Duong, T.T., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Platycaranx: Name derived from Greek 'platys' meaning 'fat', and Caranx for the type genus of Carangidae, referring to the highly compressed body..
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

marin récifal; amphidrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 20 - 140 m (Ref. 11441).   Tropical; 40°N - 40°S, 26°E - 170°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences |
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