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Natalichthys sam Winterbottom, 1980

Nail snakelet
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South Africa country information

Common names: Nail snakelet, Spyker-slangetjie
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: off Port Shepstone, south coast of Natal, SAM-21915 (Holotype); SAM-28940 (Paratype).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Winterbottom, R., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Congrogadinae
Etymology: Natalichthys: From the South African Museum, where the fish was found (1980) (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Winterbottom.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 44 m (Ref. 4395).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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