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Sixplate sawtail (Prionurus microlepidotus)
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Ecological Illustration of Sixplate sawtail (Prionurus microlepidotus)
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Acanthuridae

Sixplate sawtail

Prionurus microlepidotus

Six shield plates flank

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Sixplate sawtail is a fish found around Western Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 70 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family
Acanthuridae
Genus
Prionurus
Body shape
fusiform
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