African silver sweeper

Pempheris tominagai

Eleven Point Seven Centimeters Pempherid Fish of the Red Sea

African silver sweeper is known around Indian Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 11.7 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Oceanic Basses
Family: Pempheridae
Genus: Pempheris
Maximum length: 11.7 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Indian Ocean: widely distributed in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to NW coast of Australia. Not found in the Andaman Sea, the coasts and islands of Indonesia, and NE Australia. Allopatric with sister species Pempheris schwenkii which is widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean.

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