Neatypus obliquus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Suborder: | Percoidei |
Superfamily: | Percoidea |
Family: | Kyphosidae |
Subfamily: | Microcanthinae |
Genus: | Neatypus Waite, 1905 |
Species: | N. obliquus Waite, 1905 |
Species | |
Neatypus obliquus |
Neatypus obliquus, the sole species in genus Neatypus, is a marine fish that is endemic to southern reefs of Australia. It is placed in the Kyphosidae family and informally known as the Western Footballer.
The compressed body is silvery-blue, with orange to yellow diagonal striping that is bordered by a brownish black; fins match the shade of yellowy-orange. They reach a maximum length of 0.24 meters.
It occurs near inshore and offshore reefs of the southern Australia coast in active and large schools. The range is from Shark Bay, Western Australia to Flinders Island, South Australia. They feed on unspecified benthic invertebrates and zooplankton.
Other species of its family are known as 'footballers', for the similarity to footballer's striped jumpers, and this species is also known as the Footballer sweep. Neatypus obliquus was first described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1905.[1]
Data related to Neatypus obliquus at Wikispecies