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Nemipteridae
Butterfly whiptail
Pentapodus setosus
Nemipterid Fish from Chinese Seas
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.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Nemipteridae
- Genus
- Pentapodus
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Central Pacific: Philippines, South China Sea, Singapore, and Indonesia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

