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Bleekeria kallolepis Günther, 1862

Yellow-striped sandlance
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Bleekeria kallolepis
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India country information

Common names: Aruna, Yellow-striped sandlance
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality of Bleekeria kallolepis, Chennai (formerly Madras). Known from Western Bay of Bengal to south-west coast of India. Also reported from Visakhapatnam (earlier also known as Waltair), Chennai (Madras), Tuticorin (with image, Bineesh K.K, pers. Comm.) and Trivandrum (in Ref. 124631).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Akhilesh, K.V., K.S.S.M. Yousuf, S.J. Kizhakudan and P.U. Zacharia, 2019
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Common names from other countries

美鳞布氏筋鱼, Aruna, Soomus-bleekeritobias, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Bleekeria: He researched the fishes from India and Malaysia, 1862-1878 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Günther.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 40 - 80 m (Ref. 124631), usually ? - 40 m (Ref. 124631).   Tropical

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