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Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen, 1973

Elegant firefish
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Also Ref. 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: Myers, R.F., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Purple firefish, Elegant firegoby, Gobie-flamme maquillé, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Ptereleotrinae
Etymology: Nemateleotris: Name from the combination of the Greek 'nemat' meaning thread, and the eleotrid genus Eleotris.;  decora: From the latin word meaning elegant and beautiful..
  More on authors: Randall & Allen.

Issue
The Indian Ocean and Red Sea population was previously regarded as a separate species N. exquisita (Ref. 128599).

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 25 - 100 m (Ref. 128797), usually 25 - 70 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115); 30°N - 23°S, 30°E - 172°W

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