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Papuan whiptail (Pentapodus numberii)
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Papuan whiptail (Pentapodus numberii) specimen
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Nemipteridae

Papuan whiptail

Pentapodus numberii

Fish Reaching Sixteen Point One Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Papuan whiptail is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 16.1 cm.

Maximum length
16.1 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Pacific: Indonesia.
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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