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Nesogallica Sweeper

Pempheris nesogallica

Also known as: Bullseye, Hatchet Fish, Vanikoro Sweeper

Adult
@designedforx · KE, Kenya · July 20161 / 2
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Overview

Found in schools, during the day in caves, under ledges and in shipwrecks, dispersing at night to hunt for food high above the bottom, in harbours and over coral and rocky reefs.
They feed nocturnally on zooplankton.

Sweepers school during the day, but at night they float high above the bottom to hunt for larger zooplankton.
Several species are triangular shaped.

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How to identify

Fins & Tail
black fin tips

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean
  • Country only · 2
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Found in schools, during the day in caves, under ledges and in shipwrecks, dispersing at night to hunt for food high above the bottom, in harbours and over coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcropomatiformes
    5. familyPempheridae
    6. genusPempheris
    7. speciesPempheris nesogallica Cuvier, 1831

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    More in the family

    Sweepers (Pempheridae)