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Common names: Barko barko
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Dooley, J.K. and N. Rau, 1982
Importance: | Ref: Dooley, J.K. and Y. Iwatsuki, 2012
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Confirmed to occur in the Philippines (Ref. 89848). Museum: USNM 218627; BPBM 22598. .Also Ref. 8991.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Marino, R.P. and J.K. Dooley, 1982
National Database:

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Riscado sardento, Barko barko, 红背方头鱼, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Latilidae (Deepwater tilefishes)
Etymology: Branchiostegus: Greek, brangchia = gills + Greek, stego = roof, to cover (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 45 - 180 m (Ref. 9607). Deep-water

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Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969

Common names from other countries

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

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