Description

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Common Names

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Short-armed waspfish , English , Papua New Guinea

Short-armed waspfish , English , Global

Shortfin waspfish , English , Australia

Shortspined waspfish , English , Australia

短鰭擬棱鬚蓑鮋 , Mandarin Chinese , China

短鳍拟棱须蓑鲉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei

Family: Apistidae

Genus: Apistops

Species: Apistops caloundra (De Vis, 1886)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192), the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978).

Biology

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Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf. Benthic (Ref. 75154).

Habitat

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demersal