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Cheilodipterus artus Smith, 1961

Wolf cardinalfish
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Vanuatu country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Espiritu Santo Is., CAS 73431.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/Vanuatu/vanuatu.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gon, O., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Wolf cardinal, Lined cardinalfish, Apogon, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Cheilodipterus: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, di = two + Greek, pteryx = fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Smith.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 158 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 30°N - 24°S

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