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Paraplagusia blochii (Bleeker, 1851)

Bloch's tonguesole
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Philippines country information

Common names: Dapa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: 'Albatross' collections: Philippine Sea, off Daet, Luzon, 15 June 1909, USNM 138087 (7:11.6-22 cm) (Ref. 11691). Iloilo, U.S.N. Eclipse Expedition, USNM 112870 (Ref. 11790). Limbones Cove, USNM 113179. ANSP 77427 (Ref. 9494). Also known from Dumaguete, Negros Oriental (Ref. 280). Also Ref. 11441. 5211.
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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: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bloch's tongue sole, Nanyô-ushinoshita, Dapa, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Cynoglossinae
Etymology: Paraplagusia: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, plagos, plagios = oblique.
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 7 - 80 m (Ref. 9137).   Tropical

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