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Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Jolo market, Jolo, Sulu (Ref. 280).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
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Common names from other countries

大斑猪齿鱼, 大斑豬齒魚, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Bodianinae
Etymology: Choerodon: Greek, choiros = a pig + odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); referrring to the prominent anterior canines of the species in this genus (Ref. 116605).
  More on authors: Fowler & Bean.

Issue
Synonym of Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean 1907) according to Gomon, 2017 (Ref. 116605). This species record will be removed.

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

Marine; reef-associated.   Tropical

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