Leptachirus robertsi in Papua New Guinea
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance Ref.
Aquaculture Ref.
Regulations Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish No
Saltwater No
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish No
Abundance Ref.
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Type locality, Western Province, tidal creek on right side of Lower Fly River, 1 km upriver from D'Albertis Island, USNM 217314 (holotype of Leptachirus robertsi, 6.5 cm SL, female). Presently known only from the Lower Fly River of Papua New Guinea and the Burei River, a tributary of the Lower Fly River; collected from small turbid creeks. Misidentified as Aseraggodes klunzingeri in Roberts, 1978:69 in the Fly River (Ref. 84817).

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(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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