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Paradise Whiptail

Pentapodus paradiseus

Also known as: Blue-banded Whiptail, Blue-faced Whiptail, Butterfly Bream, China Fish, Coral Bream, Longtail Perch, Paddy, Paradise Butterfish, Paradise Threadfin Bream, Paradisefish, Rainbow, Rainbow Paradisefish, Spinecheek, Whiptail, Yellowstripe Threadfin Bream, Yellowstripe Whiptail

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@fishx6 · Lembeh, Indonesia · August 20081 / 7

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Overview

Juveniles have broad stripes along the body: a black one along the mid-side, edged yellow above and white below, and a blue one along the back. These break up into multicoloured lines with growth, and the young often shelter in rubble.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
bottom dwellingschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Country only · 7
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 7

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    ALL STAGES
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyNemipteridae
    6. genusPentapodus
    7. speciesPentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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