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Red Sea Dwarf Sweeper

Parapriacanthus sharm

Also known as: Bullseye, Glass Sweeper, Glassfish, Glassy Sweeper, Pigmy Sweeper, Sharm Sweeper, Slender Sweeper

Adult
@JarJar · Ras Za´atar, Egypt · April 20151 / 2
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Overview

Found in dense schools, often sharing their space with other fish, and moray eels, in and around caves, under ledges, and overhangs, of coastal, and off-shore reefs.
They feed nocturnally on zooplankton.
Western Indian Ocean - Egypt

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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean
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Found in dense schools, often sharing their space with other fish, and moray eels, in and around caves, under ledges, and overhangs, of coastal, and off-shore reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcropomatiformes
    5. familyPempheridae
    6. genusParapriacanthus
    7. speciesParapriacanthus sharm Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016

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    More in the family

    Sweepers (Pempheridae)