Description

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Common Names

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Flathead , English , Malaysia

Lemon ghost flathead , English , Australia

Lemon ghost flathead , English , Malaysia

Baji-baji , Malay , Malaysia

Pasak air , Malay , Malaysia

柠檬棘鲬 , Mandarin Chinese , China

檸檬棘鯒 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei

Family: Hoplichthyidae

Genus: Hoplichthys

Species: Hoplichthys citrinus Gilbert, 1905

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Biology

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Occurs in the continental shelf and in the continental slope (Ref. 7300). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).

Habitat

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demersal