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Gymnapogon melanogaster
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Ecological Illustration of Gymnapogon melanogaster (Gymnapogon melanogaster)
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Apogonidae

Gymnapogon melanogaster

Gymnapogon melanogaster

Scaleless glass body hunting over Red Sea reefs

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Gymnapogon melanogaster is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Cardinalfishes
Family
Apogonidae
Genus
Gymnapogon
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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