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Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782)

Atlantic spadefish
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Mexico country information

Common names: Chabela
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Laguna de Términos (Ref. 79080) and Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan (Ref. 74908).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Burgess, W.E., 1978
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Disque portugais, Paguara, Ocean cobbler, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Ephippidae (Spadefishes, batfishes and scats)
Etymology: Chaetodipterus: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, dipteros = with two fins (Ref. 45335).

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


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