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Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852)

Bicolor goatfish
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Hong Kong country information

Common names: Bicolour Goatfish, 似條斑副緋鯉, 雙色三鬚
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: To, A.W.L., K.S.H. Ching and S.K.H. Shea, 2013
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Rare. Reported from shallow sandy areas in Shelter Island and Sharp Island. Only a single individual was observed at each site (Ref. 128523). Also Ref. 94637, 119494.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Mulliformes (Goatfishes) > Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Etymology: Parupeneus: Latin, parum, parvum = small + Peneus, the name of a river.
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 100 m (Ref. 43239).   Tropical; 30°N - 25°S

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