Common names:
Dalagang bukid, Dalagang bukid, Lukihok
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
common (usually seen)
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Importance:
commercial
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Type locality of Pterocaesio tessellata, off southeastern tip of Cebu, Sumilon Is., east side, 10 m, BPBM 30821 (holotype, 10.4 cm SL) (Ref. 1723). Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276); from Sampalokan and Siiren, Verdel Island (Ref. 107855) and from Dauin-Apo I. (Ref. 127519). Museum: BPBM 30822. Manila markets, BPBM 28808, 30728, 30735, 30769, 30682-83. Lucena City, BPBM 30732. Cebu, BPBM 28509. Gulf of Boni, USNM 183007. Palawan, USNM 264355, 264349. Negros Oriental, Dumaguete City market, BPBM 28542, 30668, 30673, 30741 (Ref. 1723). Also Ref. 48613, 59110, 121724.
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Occurrences:
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Main Ref:
Carpenter, K.E., 1988
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