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Fivebar Flagtail

Reference

IB2154

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Flagtails - KUHLIIDAE

Common Name

Fivebar Flagtail

Scientific Name

Kuhlia mugil

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

The Fivebar Flagtail is very widespread, occurring from Africa to the eastern Pacific and forming dense schools in surge areas along rocky shorelines and over reefs.It feeds nocturnally, mainly on pelagic crustaceans, and reaches a maximum length of about 20 cm.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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