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GBIF·7984390speciesAnimalia1 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderTetraodontiformes
  4. ›familyMonacanthidae
  5. ›genusBrachaluteres
Brachaluteres fahaqa: field photographs

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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Fahaqa Pygmy Leatherjacket

Brachaluteres fahaqa Clark & Gohar, 1953

Also calledPeix llima pigmeu del Mar Roja (cat) · Peixe-porco-de-Fahaqa (por) · Pesce lima pigmeo del Mar Rosso (ita)

First described in: Clark, E.; Gohar, H. A. F. (1953). The fishes of the Red Sea: Order Plectognathi. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al-Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> No. 8: 1-80, 2 maps, Pls. 1-5.

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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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7984390.