Pencil weed whiting

Siphonognathus beddomei

Wrasse of the Indian Ocean

Pencil weed whiting is a fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm. It is listed as Least Concern.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Siphonognathus
Maximum length: 12 cm
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: southern Australia, from Perth, Western Australia to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria; including Tasmania.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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