Threadfin scat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Moroniformes |
Family: | Ephippidae |
Genus: |
Rhinoprenes Munro, 1964 |
Species: | R. pentanemus
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Binomial name | |
Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro, 1964
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The Threadfin scat (Rhinoprenes pentanemus) is a species of ephippid native to the Pacific Ocean around Papua New Guinea and Australia. This fish eats algae and also sewage.[ citation needed] This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of the genus Rhinoprenes. [1]