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Cheilodipterus zonatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Yellowbelly cardinalfish
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Common names: Dangat
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, south end of Rita I., Ulugan Bay, Palawan, USNM 70253 (holotype of C. zonatus, 6.6 cm SL); taken with the use of dynamite (Ref. 11356). Also collected from Endeavor Strait, NW coast of Palawan (Ref. 11356); Meara I. (Ref. 8525); Calamianes Islands (Ref. 90102). Also Ref. 280, 2334, 48613.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Radcliffe, L., 1912
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Common names from other countries

Mimic cardinalfish, Dangat, Gulbuget kardinalfisk, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Cheilodipterus: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, di = two + Greek, pteryx = fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Smith & Radcliffe.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 25 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical; 15°N - 3°S

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