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Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier, 1831

Vanikoro sweeper
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Libya country information

Common names: Gasaetlla, Samk deal
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: A Lessepsian migrant (Ref. 58916). P. mangula is the only Pempheris which has migrated to the Mediterranean from the Red Sea. Previous reports of P. vanicolensis in the Mediterranean were misidentifications (Ref. 95675).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ly.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shakman, E.A. and R. Kinzelbach, 2007
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Pempheridae (Sweepers)
Etymology: Pempheris: Greek, pempheris = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 25 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical; 26°N - 32°S, 92°E - 170°W

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