Papuan seerfish
Appearance
Papuan seerfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Family: | Scombridae |
Genus: | Scomberomorus |
Species: | S. multiradiatus
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Binomial name | |
Scomberomorus multiradiatus Munro, 1964
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The Papuan seerfish (Scomberomorus multiradiatus) also called the Papuan Spanish mackerel,[2] is a species of fish in the Scombridae family. It is endemic to the Gulf of Papua off the mouth of the Fly River. It is the smallest species in the genus Scomberomorus. Sexual maturity is attained at much less than 30 cm fork length.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scomberomorus multiradiatus". FishBase. June 2009 version.
- ^ Collette, B.; Carpenter, K.E.; Di Natale, A.; et al. (2011). "Scomberomorus multiradiatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170347A6760831. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Kailola, P.J. (1991). The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Papua New Guinea: Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources. p. 153.