JAPANESE WHIPTAIL

Pentapodus nagasakiensis

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Perch-like fishes +
      - Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams +
        
        Pentapodus +
        
        Japanese whiptail
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Sporadic distribution (Ref. 48635), but mostly in deeper offshore waters. Sometimes enters shallow estuaries or harbors (Ref. 48635). Feeds on small shrimps. Rarely caught.

	Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 Whitley's sergeant
	Haplochromis burtoni (Günther, 1894) Burton's mouth-brooder
	Scarus niger Forsskål, 1775 Dusky parrotfish
	Plectorhinchus schotaf (Forsskål, 1775) Minstrel sweetlip
	Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller, 1845) Foxface

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