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Silver Sweeper

Pempheris schwenkii

Also known as: Blackstripe Sweeper, Bullseye, Glassy Sweeper, Hatchet Fish, Schwenk's Sweeper. Silver Bullseye, Striped Bullseye

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Overview

Found singly or in small to large schools, during the day hiding in caves, dispersing at night to feed 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

COLOURS
Body shape
triangle
Behaviour
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Pacific Ocean
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Found singly or in small to large schools, during the day hiding in caves, dispersing at night to feed over coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcropomatiformes
    5. familyPempheridae
    6. genusPempheris
    7. speciesPempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855

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    More in the family

    Sweepers (Pempheridae)

    African Silver Sweeper

    Pempheris tominagai

    3 photos

    Copper Sweeper

    Pempheris oualensis

    1 photo

    Curved Sweeper

    Pempheris poeyi

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    Darros Sweeper

    Parapriacanthus darros

    1 photo

    Dusky Sweeper

    Pempheris adusta

    7 photos

    Glassy Sweeper

    Pempheris schomburgkii

    1 photo

    Golden Sweeper

    Parapriacanthus ransonneti

    15 photos

    Malabarica Sweeper

    Pempheris malabarica

    1 photo

    Moluccan Sweeper

    Pempheris molucca

    2 photos

    Nesogallica Sweeper

    Pempheris nesogallica

    2 photos

    Red Sea Dwarf Sweeper

    Parapriacanthus sharm

    2 photos

    Vanikoro Sweeper

    Pempheris vanicolensis

    5 photos