WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Eastern Footballer

Atypichthys latus

Also known as: Mado, New Zealand Mado, Stripey, White Bellied Stripey

Adult
@Liu · New Zealand, New Zealand · October 20181 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, or in small to large schools, sheltering during the day, over shallow, rocky areas of lagoons, and coral reefs, dispersing at night, foraging for food, over headlands, and off-shore islands.
Juveniles act as cleaners, by picking parasites from larger fish.

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

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes
Fins & Tail
yellow fins

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Southwest Pacific
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly, or in small to large schools, sheltering during the day, over shallow, rocky areas of lagoons, and coral reefs, dispersing at night, foraging for food, over headlands, and off-shore islands.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyKyphosidae
    6. genusAtypichthys
    7. speciesAtypichthys latus McCulloch & Waite, 1916

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Sea Chubs (Kyphosidae)