Pentapodus vitta | |
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Shark Bay, Western Australia | |
Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Spariformes |
Family: | Nemipteridae |
Genus: | Pentapodus |
Species: | P. vitta
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Binomial name | |
Pentapodus vitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Pentapodus vitta , the Western whiptail, Western butterfish, black stripe butterfish, striped whiptail or Western threadfin bream , is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This fish is found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.