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GBIF·5201619speciesAnimalia322 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderScorpaeniformes
  4. ›familyPataecidae
  5. ›genusPataecus
Pataecus fronto
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Red Foreheadfish

Pataecus fronto Richardson, 1844

Also calledvlajkovka červenavá (ces) · Патэк (rus) · 羽冠奇矮鲉 (zho)

First described in: Richardson, J. (1844). Generic characters of an undescribed Australian fish. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series).</em> v. 14 (no. 91) (art. 36): 280.

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 Pataecus fronto in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5201619.