WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Western Footballer

Neatypus obliquus

Also known as: Football Sweep, Footballer Sweep, Mado, Neatypus, Sea Chub

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
Adult
@Chanietta · Rottnest, rocky bay, Australia · March 20131 / 1
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Overview

Found in large schools, over deep, offshore rocky reefs.
Eastern Indian Ocean - Southern Australia

Often found in the aquarium trade.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Indian Ocean
  • Country only · 1
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Found in large schools, over deep, offshore rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. familyMicrocanthidae
    2. genusNeatypus
    3. speciesNeatypus obliquus Waite, 1905

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