Schuettea scalaripinnis is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Monodactylidae, the moonyfishes. Its common names include eastern pomfred, or ladder-finned pomfret.[1][2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Monodactylidae |
Genus: | Schuettea |
Species: | S. scalaripinnis
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Binomial name | |
Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner, 1866
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A small schooling species up to 24 cm long, found in coastal areas off southern New South Wales to central Queensland. Often seen in large schools off sheltered rocky ledges.[3]
External links
edit"video of pomfrets at Fairy Bower Beach, Youtube - "pseudechis"". YouTube. 15 August 2015.
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schuettea scalaripinnis". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Schuettea scalaripinnis". Fishes of Australia, Retrieved March 8th, 2018.
- ^ Mark McGrouther. "Eastern Pomfred, Schuettea scalaripinnis, Australian Museum - Animal Species, Retrieved March 8th, 2018".