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moonfish (Mene maculata)
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moonfish (Mene maculata) specimen
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Menidae

moonfish

Mene maculata

Deep Bodied Menid Fish of Indo West Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

moonfish is known around Indo-West Pacific as a fish; The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm, and its body is deep body.

Family
Menidae
Genus
Mene
Maximum length
30 cm
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, as far south as Durban in South Africa, to southern Japan and northeastern Australia, east to New Caledonia.
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