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Parascolopsis melanophrys

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Parascolopsis melanophrys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Nemipteridae
Genus: Parascolopsis
Species:
P. melanophrys
Binomial name
Parascolopsis melanophrys

Parascolopsis melanophrys, commonly known as dwarf monocle bream, is a fish found in West Timor, Indonesia and Sabah, Malaysia in the Western Central Pacific,[1] as well as in the Philippines.[2] This species reaches a length of 17.7 cm (7.0 in).[3]

References

  1. ^ Russell, B.C. and P.K. Chin, 1996. Parascolopsis melanophrys, a new species of dwarf monocle bream (Teleostei: Nemipteridae) from the Indo-Malayan Archipelago. Raffles Bull. Zool. 44(2):415-418.
  2. ^ Gumanao, G.S., K.J.S. Gumanao and A.R. Bos (2022) Eight new records of marine fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes and Tetraodontiformes) from the Philippines. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 102(1-2):133–137.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parascolopsis melanophrys". FishBase. June 2015 version.