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Centriscidae
grooved razorfish
Centriscus scutatus
Centriscid Fish from Indo Pacific
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Indian Ocean
East Asia
Elongated
MediumCentriscus scutatus is a slender fish that reaches a length of 15 cm (5.9 in). It is found at depth between 2 and 333 m (typically 2–15 m) in the Indian and Pacific oceans, from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf up to Japan, New Caledonia and Australia. This coastal species inhabits mud or silty sand next to sea grasses or corals.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Centriscidae
- Genus
- Centriscus
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and Arabian Gulf (Ref. 11441 ) to New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales, Australia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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