Shortnose Slipmouth

Nuchequula mannusella

Leiognathid Fish from Northwest Pacific

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Small
Temperate fish

Nuchequula mannusella is a species of ponyfish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean near Taiwan. It was described as a new species as the genus was elevated from being classified as a subgenus of Leiognathus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Leiognathidae
Genus: Nuchequula
Maximum length: 10.1 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.

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