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Boe drum
Pteroscion peli
The boe drum (Pteroscion peli) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Pteroscion. The boe drum is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off western coast of Africa.
From the article Boe drum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The boe drum is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean between Senegal and Namibia. It is found in marine and brackish waters where it is a benthopelagic fish living in coastal waters over sand and mud bottoms at depths between 0 and 500 m (0 and 1,640 ft), although it is typically not found deeper than 50 m (160 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
The boe drum's generic name, Pteroscion, is a combination of ptero, meaning "fin" and scion, a modern Greek name for the shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa). This form was preferred to sciaena by Fowler and Theodore Gill as in Cynoscion. The specific name honours Hendrik Severinus Pel, who was governor of the Dutch Gold Coast who deposited many specimens in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden, including the type of the Boe drum.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 620394.