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highfin kingfish (Menticirrhus nasus)
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highfin kingfish (Menticirrhus nasus) specimen
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Sciaenidae

highfin kingfish

Menticirrhus nasus

Sciaenid Fish Reaching Fifty Two Point Six Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • South America
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

highfin kingfish is a marine fish found around Eastern Pacific. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 52.6 cm.

Maximum length
52.6 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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