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Pseudorhombus javanicus (Bleeker, 1853)

Javan flounder
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Philippines country information

Common names: Dapa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Bulan, USNM 55967. Panabutan Bay, Mindanao, USNM 138714. Buena Vista, Guimaras I. (Iloilo Strait), USNM 138715. Manila Bay, Corregidor Lt., USNM 138716. Visayan Sea between northern Negros and Masbate Is., se south Gigante, USNM 260447 (Ref. 11790). ANSP 49030, 49272 (Ref. 9494). One specimen, 8.25 in. (21 cm), collected from Bulan, Sorsogon (Ref. 1555). In range Ref. 3322.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Paralichthyidae (Large-tooth flounders)
Etymology: Pseudorhombus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, rhombos = paralelogram (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 22 - 38 m (Ref. 11790).   Tropical

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