Vanikoro sweeper
📖 Overview
Vanikoro sweeper (Pempheris vanicolensis), first described by Cuvier, 1831 is a medium-sized fish in the family Pempheridae (order Acropomatiformes). Adults typically reach 20.00 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 1 to 25 metres. It occurs in Tropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 31 - 43. Usually with greenish shine over the back and most of the head. Anal fin with distinctly black margin, black dorsal fin tip, and pectoral fins yellow without black basal spot . Body depth 2.2-2.4 in SL .: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Vanikoro sweeper is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 25 m . Tropical; 26°N - 32°S, 92°E - 170°W West Pacific: Andaman Sea and western Pacific (unpublished data).
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Greenback Bullseye · Vanikolo sweeper · Vanikoro sweeper |
| 🌍CES | metařík jeskynní |
| 🌍ELL | Σαρωτής |
| 🌍FIJ | tina |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | mustasaumapyyhältäjä |
| 🇫🇷French | Hachette à bordures noires · Poisson hachette, Poisson-hachette · Poisson-hachette |
| 🌍HEB | גרזינון הכוכים · גרזינון כוכים |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Kibirehatampo · キビレハタンポ |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Rodezeebijlvis |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Papudinha-cobre |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Темнопёрый большеглаз |
| 🌍THA | ปลากระดี่ทะเลครีบดำ |
| 🌍TUR | ucgen baligi · Üçgen Balığı · yaprak balik |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 三角仔 · 刀片 · 水果刀 · 皮刀 · 解餌刀 · 黑緣單鰭魚 · 黑緣擬金眼鯛 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 4 records indexed .
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