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Parapercis cylindrica (Bloch, 1792)

Cylindrical sandperch
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Philippines country information

Common names: Banghotin, Buto-sarnal, Sharpnose sandperch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Malalag Bay, Bongo Island and Paril-Sangay Protected Seascape, Moro Gulf (Ref. 106380), Nasugbu (Ref. 107853) and Calatagan, Batangas (Ref. 107852). Known from Aliguay, Zamboanga del Norte (Ref. 58652); with materials examined, Cebu, CAS 45952, 7: 88-99 mm; Mactan Island, BPBM 22119, 7: 48-93 mm. Iloilo, SU 27132, 71 mm. Negros, SU 26499, 8: 45-93 mm. Mindanao, CAS 30519, 68 mm. Sulu Province, Sitkankai Island, SU 26498, 4: 86-97 mm (Ref. 57562). Also Ref. 48613, 53416, 121724. In range Ref. 1602.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De la Paz, R.M., N. Aragones and D. Agulto, 1988
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei (Sand dwellers) > Pinguipedidae (Sandperches)
Etymology: Parapercis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, perke = perch (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

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

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 20 m (Ref. 1602).   Tropical; 32°N - 32°S, 104°E - 173°E

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