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Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier, 1831

Vanikoro sweeper
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Cyprus country information

Common names: Ateş balıği, Sweeper, Üçgen balıği
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
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Comments: First record in Turkish Republic of northern Cyprus (Ref. 88082). P. mangula is the only Pempheris which has migrated to the Mediterranean from the Red Sea. Previous reports of P. vanicolensis in the Mediterranean were misidentifications (Ref. 95675). Also Ref. 95695, 95825.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cy.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Koeda, K., T. Yoshino, H. Imai and K. Tachinara, 2014
National Database:

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

> Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Pempheridae (Sweepers)
Etymology: Pempheris: Greek, pempheris = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

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