Yellowspotted sawtail
| Yellowspotted sawtail | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Genus: | Prionurus |
| Species: | P. maculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Prionurus maculatus J. D. Ogilby, 1887 | |
The yellowspotted sawtail, Prionurus maculatus, is a tang of the family Acanthuridae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Prionurus maculatus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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