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Western Silver Drummer

Reference

IB3255

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Drummers - KYPHOSIDAE

Common Name

Western Silver Drummer

Scientific Name

Kyphosus gladius

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Drummers are large schooling fishes and are mainly herbivorous, feeding predominantly on benthic algae but also preying on small invertebrates.The Silver Drummer is a large species, reaching about 80 cm in length

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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