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Otolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Tigertooth croaker
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Iraq country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Khor Al-Zubair, North-West of the Arabian Gulf (Ref. 51878); entering Shatt-al-Arab, the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Ref. 115344).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.bim.ie/index.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hussain, N.A., A.K. Naiama and L.A.J. Al-Hassan, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Grande verrue tigre, Bombache tigre mayor, Silver teraglin, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Otolithes: Greek, ous, oto = ear + Greek, lithos = stone (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 40 m (Ref. 9772).   Tropical; 26°C - 29°C (Ref. 4959); 34°N - 35°S, 20°E - 154°E

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