Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Copper Sweeper
Pempheris oualensis
Copper Sweeper
Category: Sweepers
Scientific Name: Pempheris oualensis
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Eastern Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia, Micronesia, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acropomatiformes (Order)
     └Pempheridae (Family) Sweepers
      └Pempheris (Genus)
       └P. oualensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218700🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196845🔗

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