Rhinoprenes pentanemus

Rhinoprenes pentanemus, the Threadfin scat, is a species of ephippid native to the Pacific Ocean around Papua New Guinea and Australia. This fish eats algae and also sewage. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

Rhinoprenes pentanemus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Rhinoprenes

Munro, 1964
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R. pentanemus
Binomial name
Rhinoprenes pentanemus
Munro, 1964

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Rhinoprenes pentanemus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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