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Pterygotrigla urashimai Richards, Yato & Last, 2003

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Luzon, off the coast of Cavite Province, USNM 202567 (holotype of Pterygotrigla urashimai, 9.36 cm SL) (Ref. 54796).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Richards, W.J., T. Yato and P.R. Last, 2003
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Triglidae (Searobins) > Pterygotriglinae
Etymology: Pterygotrigla: Greek, pterigion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin + Greek, trigla, es = red mullet (Ref. 45335);  urashimai: Named for Urashima, a hero of the Japanese folktale in which the goddess of fishes, Otohime is also an important character..
  More on authors: Richards, Yato & Last.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 119 m (Ref. 54796).   Tropical

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