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Blue Knifefish

Labracoglossa nitida

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Adult
@westenstar1967 · Australia · September 20121 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, moving erratically and rapidly over inshore reefs.

Chubs are usually found in turbulent high energy zones where food is more abundant.

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How to identify

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Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Southwest Pacific
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Found singly or in small schools, moving erratically and rapidly over inshore reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyScorpididae
    6. genusLabracoglossa
    7. speciesLabracoglossa nitida McCulloch & Waite, 1916

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