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Petalichthys capensis Regan, 1904

Cape needlefish
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South Africa country information

Common names: Cape needlefish, Kaapse naaldvis
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs offshore from False Bay to Pondoland.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Collette, B.B., 1986
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Common names from other countries

南非多耙颌针鱼, Kaapse naaldvis, Kap-hornfisk, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Belonidae (Needlefishes)
Etymology: Petalichthys: Greek, petalon = lamina, leaf + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Regan.

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

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - ? m.   Subtropical

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