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Asterorhombus cocosensis (Bleeker, 1855)

Cocos Island flounder
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Philippines country information

Common names: Dapang bilog
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Palawan, Putic I., 0 - 15 ft (0 - 4.6 m), USNM 260364. Ajong, Negros I., 0 - 8 ft (0 - 2.4 m), USNM 260365. Balicasag I., 0 - 80 ft (0 - 24.4 m), USNM 260366. Siquijor I., 0 - 35 ft (0 - 11 m), USNM 260367 (Ref. 11790). Also Ref. 9824.
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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: Cabanban, A., E. Capuli, R. Froese and D. Pauly, 1996
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) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Asterorhombus: Greek, aster = star + Greek, rhombos = paralelogram (Ref. 45335);  cocosensis: Named for its type locality, Cocos Island (Ref. 57759).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 57759).   Tropical

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