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Asterorhombus filifer Hensley & Randall, 2003

Longlure flounder
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Negros, Luzon.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hensley, D.A., 2005
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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);  filifer: Name from Latin, 'filum' for filament and 'fero' for carry, referring to the long first dorsal-fin ray, as it appears in small specimens and when the membrane is furled around the ray..
  More on authors: Hensley & Randall.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 57 m (Ref. 57759).   Tropical

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