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Rudarius ercodes

(White-Spotted Pygmy Filefish)

Overview

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Family : Filefishes ; Found among bottom cover [1].

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

White-Spotted Pygmy Filefish, Whitespotted pygmy filefish

Common Names in Japanese:

Amimehagi

Common Names in Korean:

그물코쥐치

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

粗皮魨, 粗皮鲀

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -69 meters (0 to -226 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 18-Aug-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Rudarius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. ercodes (White-Spotted Pygmy Filefish) · R. excelsus (Diamond Leatherjacket) · R. minutus (Minute Leatherjacket)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
  2. Mean = 434.670 meters (1,426.083 feet), Standard Deviation = 451.220 based on 3 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899

Last Revised: 7/15/2012