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Plesiops cephalotaenia Inger, 1955

Headstripe longfin
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Common names: Headstripe longfin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Sitankai, Sulu Arch., FMNH 44708 (holotype, 4.95 cm SL). Masbate, Cataingan Bay, USNM 146466 (paratypes, 4:3.52-5.27 cm SL) (Ref. 11896). San Miguel Is., USNM 146464. Rapu Rapu Is., USNM 146460. Mantacao Is., Bohol west coast, USNM 146462. Maculabo Is., USNM 146467. Siquijor Is., ROM 1325CS, 60202. Bararin Is., USNM 313014 (Ref. 27772). Also Ref. 559, 90102.
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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: Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Yosaku-tanabata-uo, 头带鮗, 頭帶鮗, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Plesiopidae (Roundheads) > Plesiopinae
Etymology: Plesiops: Greek, plesios = near + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335);  cephalotaenia: From the stripes on the head of the species (Ref. 27772).

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 12 m (Ref. 27772).   Tropical

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