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spotted beakfish

Oplegnathus punctatus

Classification

Oplegnathus punctatus, commonly known as the spotted knifejaw, is one of seven species in the Oplegnathidae family of knifejaws. These perciform fish, an order of ray-finned fish that are "perch-like", characteristically have teeth fused into a parrot-like beak during adulthood. They diagnostically have a single dorsal fin and body covered in small scales that are known as ctenoid scales.

Distribution

(c) ふうけ สงวนลิขสิทธิ์บางประการ (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 16