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false trevally
Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Also calledCá vạng mỡ (vie) · Falso-xaréu (por) · Kuhbarsch (deu) · Lactarius lactarius (spa) · Lattario (ita) · Maitoahven (fin) · bělivka pobřežní (ces) · Лактар (rus) · ปลาใบขนุน (tha) · アクタウオ (jpn) · 乳香魚 (zho) · 乳鯖 (zho) · 擬鰺 (zho) · 회유전갱이 (kor)
The false trevally (Lactarius lactarius) is a species of carangiform ray-finned fish in the family Lactariidae, currently the sole member of the family.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1. — General distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Oman, Persian Gulf and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia). Found in coastal waters above soft bottoms, 1 – 100 m depth. Transitional water and marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
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Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Matanalaua River, New Hanover by Munro (1958: 179).
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This fish is colored silvery-grey on the upper parts with blue iridescence dorsally and a dusky black spot on the upper gill cover. The underparts are colored silvery-white. The fins are pale yellow. This species can reach a length of 40 cm (16 in), though most do not exceed 30 cm (12 in).
Range & habitat
The false trevally is native to the Indian Ocean and from East Africa to Southeast Asia, and in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Queensland, Australia. It is a coastal species, occurring in marine and brackish waters at depths of from 15 to 100 m (49 to 328 ft). It is an important species to local commercial fisheries.
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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Every page naming Lactarius lactarius in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5210442.