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GBIF·2335673speciesAnimalia33 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderScorpaeniformes
  4. ›familyPlatycephalidae
  5. ›genusSorsogona
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Sorsogona melanoptera

Sorsogona melanoptera Knapp & Wongratana, 1987

First described in: Knapp, L. W.; Wongratana, T. (1987). Sorsogona melanoptera, a new flathead fish from the northern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100 (2): 381-385.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Sorsogona melanoptera in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2335673.