Threadfin scat
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| Genus: | Rhinoprenes Munro, 1964
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| Species: | R. pentanemus
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| Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro, 1964
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Rhinoprenes pentanemus, the Threadfin scat, is a species of ephippid native to the Pacific Ocean around Papua New Guinea and Australia. This fish eats algae and also sewage.[citation needed] This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Rhinoprenes pentanemus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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