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Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829

Mediterranean slimehead
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Hoplostethus mediterraneus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Spain country information

Common names: Mirall, Peloj, Pink
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Galicia (Ref. 86578). Recorded from the Balearic Islands (Ref. 26178, 95775).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Maul, G.E., 1986
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Hoplostète argenté, Reloj mediterráneo, Western Atlantic silver roughy, ... more

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

> Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Hoplostethus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, stetho, stethion = brest; literal = to prick a little breast (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

marien benthopelagisch; diepte 100 - 1408 m (Ref. 9942).   Subtropical; 68°N - 78°S, 98°W - 167°W

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