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White-shouldered Whiptail

Pentapodus bifasciatus

Also known as: Coral Bream, Spinecheek, Threadtail Bream, Whiptail, White-ear Whiptail, White-shoulder Whiptail

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
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Adult
@NatureWatcher · Elysian Villas Resort, Indonesia · September 20151 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in schools, over shallow, silty, coastal coral reefs.

Threadfin Breams and Whiptail Breams have excellent eyesight and are usually found close to the bottom looking for prey with a stop start movement.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
bottom dwellingschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Pacific
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Found singly or in schools, over shallow, silty, coastal coral reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyNemipteridae
    6. genusPentapodus
    7. speciesPentapodus bifasciatus (Bleeker, 1848)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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