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Small-toothed whiptail (Pentapodus caninus)
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Ecological Illustration of Small-toothed whiptail (Pentapodus caninus)
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Nemipteridae

Small-toothed whiptail

Pentapodus caninus

Nemipterid Fish of Coastal Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Small-toothed whiptail is known from Western Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family
Nemipteridae
Genus
Pentapodus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
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