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Plectorhinchus paulayi Steindachner, 1895 
AphiaID: 218540

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Haemulidae (Family) > Plectorhinchinae (Subfamily) > Plectorhinchus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Plectorhinchus Lacepède, 1801
Synonymised
taxa		  Gaterin paulayi (Steindachner, 1895)
 Plectorhynchus paulayi Steindachner, 1895 (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English zebra sweetlips  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Kenya [details]
Mauritius [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits shallow inshore waters. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218540
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Plectorhinchus paulayi. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218540 on 2013-05-25
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