Ninespine batfish
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| Ninespine batfish | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Ephippidae |
| Genus: | Zabidius Whitley, 1830 |
| Species: | Z. novemaculeatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916)
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The ninespine batfish (Zabidius novemaculeatus), or short-finned batfish, is a species of batfish native to coral reefs around Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia at depths of from 10 to 40 metres (33 to 131 ft). This species grows to a length of 45 centimetres (18 in) TL and has been known to reach a weight of 0.8 kilograms (1.8 lb). This species is the only known member of the genus Zabidius.[1]
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