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Cirripectes quagga (Fowler & Ball, 1924)

Squiggly blenny
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Cirripectes quagga   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Pitcairn country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Henderson Island (Ref. 529). Also in Ref. 41650.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pc.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/Pitcairn/pitcairn.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Williams, J.T., 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Dotted-line blenny, 斑颈须鳚, Mano'o, ... more

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Salariinae
Etymology: Cirripectes: Latin, cirrus = curl fringe + Greek, pektos, -e, -on = made of several parts solidly united (Ref. 45335);  quagga: Specific epithet 'quagga' is of Hottentot origin and refers to the extinct species of Equus, related to zebra. Name refers to the rather obscure cross lines or bands..
  More on authors: Fowler & Ball.

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

marien rifbewoner; diepte 0 - 19 m (Ref. 529), usually 0 - 10 m (Ref. 529).   Tropical; 30°N - 35°S, 21°E - 129°W

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