Description

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Common Names

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Australian mado , English , Australia

Mado , English , Australia

Mado sweep , English , Australia

条纹异型蝎 , Mandarin Chinese , China

條紋異型蝎 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Microcanthidae

Genus: Atypichthys

Species: Atypichthys strigatus (Günther, 1860)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: southeastern Australia.

Biology

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A schooling species, particularly common on coastal reefs in southern New South Wales (Ref. 9002). Also commonly found under jetties in harbors and large estuaries (Ref. 9002).

Habitat

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brackish