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freckled tilefish (Branchiostegus sawakinensis)
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Malacanthidae

freckled tilefish

Branchiostegus sawakinensis

Malacanthid Fish Reaching Sixty Centimeters

  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Large

freckled tilefish is known around Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 60 cm.

Maximum length
60 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and off Durban, South Africa. Reported from the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ), northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978 ) and the Philippines (Ref. 9877 , 9880 ).

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