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Bathystethus cultratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Grey knifefish
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Common names: Grey knifefish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Seal Rocks to Port Stephens, N. S. W., Lord Howe and Norfolk Is. (Ref. 7300, 75154). Also Ref. 8879.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Scorpididae (Halfmoons)
Etymology: Bathystethus: Greek, bathys = deep + Greek, stethos, eos, ous = breast, sternum (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

Marine; pelagic-neritic.   Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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