Longfin mojarra
| Longfin mojarra Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Gerreidae |
| Genus: | Bleeker, 1850 |
| Species: | P. longimanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor, 1849)
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The longfin mojarra (Pentaprion longimanus) is a species of mojarra native to the coastal waters of the Indian Ocean from India to the western Pacific. This species grows to 15 cm (5.9 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 10 cm (3.9 in). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, usually being made into fish meal or feed for ducks. It is the only extant member of the genus Pentaprion.[2] A second fossil species, †Pentaprion sahnii Tiwari & Bannikov, 2001 is known from the Early Miocene of Mizoram, India.[3]
References
- ^ Munroe, T.A.; Greenfield, D. & Williams, I. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Pentaprion longimanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T50902961A115403600. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50902961A53990287.en. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pentaprion longimanus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Tiwari, R. P.; Bannikov, Alexandre F. (2001). "Early Miocene marine fishes from the Surma Group, Mizoram, India" (PDF). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria. 25: 11–26.
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