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Acanthuridae
Yellowspotted sawtail
Prionurus maculatus
Three blue and black bony plates
- Yellow
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Yellow
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
MediumYellowspotted sawtail is a fish from Southwest Pacific. It inhabits reef habitat. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 45 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Prionurus
- Maximum length
- 45 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Southwest Pacific: New South Wales and Lord Howe Island to Queensland; only Capricorn Group and Swains Reefs on the Great Barrier Reef. Also reported from Norfolk, Kermadec, and New Zealand (Ref. 8879 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
