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Yellowfin sweeper (Pempheris bexillon)
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Yellowfin sweeper (Pempheris bexillon) specimen
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Pempheridae

Yellowfin sweeper

Pempheris bexillon

Dorsal fin margin has black stripe

  • Yellow
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Africa
  • South Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Yellowfin sweeper is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

Maximum length
13.7 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel (Bassas da India, Anjouan, Grande Comore) and on or near the Mascarene Plateau (Agaléga Islands, Cargados Carajos, Mauritius, and Rodrigues).

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