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Spotted knifejaw

Characteristics

  • Often recorded singly.
  • Adults crush the shells of barnacles and urchins with their strong beaks to feed on.
  • Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed to feed on planktons.

Description

  • Body with black spotted mosaic-liked pattern on a white background.
  • Spots are smaller in adult females compared to that of juveniles and absent in adult males.
  • Snout white in large adult males.
  • Teeth united to form a powerful beak.

Common Name: Spotted butterfish, Spotted knifejaw

Family Common Name: Knifejaws

Family: Oplegnathidae

Scientific Name: Oplegnathus punctatus___(Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)

Genus: Oplegnathus

Maximum Length: 86 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Spotted knifejaw

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