Striped boarfish

Evistias acutirostris

Five pale bands on high body

Striped boarfish is known around Pacific Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 90 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Oceanic Basses
Family: Pentacerotidae
Genus: Evistias
Maximum length: 90 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: Pacific coast of Japan (Ref. 43239 ) and the Hawaiian Islands; Australia, New Zealand and Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands.

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