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Chirocentridae
dorab wolf-herring
Chirocentrus dorab
Fish Reaching One Hundred Centimeters in the Red Sea
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Indian Ocean
Africa
Elongated
Largedorab wolf-herring is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 100 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Herrings
- Family
- Chirocentridae
- Genus
- Chirocentrus
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: probably throughout the warmer coastal waters, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status