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Butterfly whiptail (Pentapodus setosus)
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Butterfly whiptail (Pentapodus setosus) specimen
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Nemipteridae

Butterfly whiptail

Pentapodus setosus

Nemipterid Fish from Chinese Seas

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Butterfly whiptail is known around Western Central Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 18 cm.

Maximum length
18 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Philippines, South China Sea, Singapore, and Indonesia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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