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Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829

Mediterranean slimehead
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Greece country information

Common names: Oplostithos, Οπλόστηθος
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 95775). Also Ref. 3397.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Papaconstantinou, C., 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | 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 Sinh thái học

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