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Beryx decadactylus Cuvier, 1829

Alfonsino

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Portugal country information

Common names: Alfonsim, Alfonsim-da-costa-larga, Alfonsino
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist: Portugal
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Maul, G.E., 1986
National Database: Portuguese Freshwater Fishes

Common names from other countries

Béryx commun, Alfonsino palometón, Broad alfonsin, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Berycidae (Alfonsinos)
Etymology: Beryx: Greek, beryx or berys = a name of a fish. Cuvier & Valenciennes (1829:221) precise that the name was used by Gesner from Varinus, but with no indication whatsoever helping identifying any species. After D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (A glossary of Greek fishes, 1947), the name actually seems to come originally from Hesychius, but perhaps the name was not originally a fish name. Thompson compares it to meryx (ruminant), applied on skaros (Scarus), so it may have been applied on a parrot fish referring to its browsing/grazing behavior described by Aristoteles and followers..
  More on author: Cuvier.

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


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