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Priolepis dawsoni Greenfield, 1989

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Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Feitoza, B.M., R.S. Rosa and L.A. Rocha, 2005
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality Atol das Rocas, off Ilha do Farol, 3°51'20"S, 33°49'13"W, 9.1-10.7 m, MZUSP 38893 (holotype of Priolepis dawsoni, 2.34 SL, male) (Ref. 39609). Known from the northeastern Brazilian coast of Salvador, Bahia and the oceanic islands of Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas (Ref. 39606, 39609). Also Ref. 57756, 126840.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Greenfield, D.W., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Priolepis: Greek, prio = to saw + Greek,lepis = scale (Ref. 45335);  dawsoni: Named for C.E. Dawson, formerly of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Museum, Mississippi..
  More on author: Greenfield.

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

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 70 m (Ref. 39609).   Tropical

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