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Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969

218372  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218372)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Amirthalingam, C. (1969). A new fish from the Red Sea. <em>Sudan Notes and Records.</em> (50): 129-133, Pls. 1-3. [details] 
Description Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Found over muddy bottoms (Ref. 5213). Considered poisonous by local fishermen...  
Description Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Found over muddy bottoms (Ref. 5213). Considered poisonous by local fishermen in the Red Sea and thus are generally discarded (Ref. 9880). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218372 on 2025-05-14
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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Nomenclature

original description Amirthalingam, C. (1969). A new fish from the Red Sea. <em>Sudan Notes and Records.</em> (50): 129-133, Pls. 1-3. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Found over muddy bottoms (Ref. 5213). Considered poisonous by local fishermen in the Red Sea and thus are generally discarded (Ref. 9880). [details]
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English freckled tilefish  [details]