Sailfin armorhead
| Sailfin armorhead | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pentacerotidae |
| Genus: | Histiopterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 |
| Species: | H. typus |
| Binomial name | |
| Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | |
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The sailfin armorhead, Histiopterus typus, is a species of armorhead native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is an inhabitant of rocky reefs in deeper waters of 40 to 421 m (131 to 1,381 ft) in depth. This species grows to a length of 42 cm (17 in), though most are only around 20 cm (7.9 in). It is a commercially important species, and is the only known member of its genus.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Histiopterus typus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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