Footballer Sweep (Neatypus obliquus)

FishverifiedLeast Concern

Neatypus obliquus

Waite, 1905

Footballer Sweep

Also known as: Western Footballer

Verified againstWoRMS

About

Habitat

Reef-associated

Depth

0–60 m

Max size

22 cm

Diet

Selective plankton feeding

Taxonomy

Class

Teleostei

Order

Centrarchiformes

Family

Kyphosidae

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