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Gymnocranius microdon (Bleeker, 1851)

Blue-spotted large-eye bream
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Blue-spotted large-eye bream
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality: Sulawesi (Ref. 48635). Recorded from Bali; with an Indonesian distribution from Moluccas to Sumatra (Ref. 47567).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Carpenter, K.E. and G.R. Allen, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Lethrinidae (Emperors or scavengers) > Monotaxinae
Etymology: Gymnocranius: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, kranion = skull (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 15 - 50 m (Ref. 2295).   Tropical; 37°N - 10°S

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