Location: Rangiroa, French Polynesia
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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Acropomatiformes (Order)
└Pempheridae (Family)
└Pempheris (Genus)
└P. oualensis (Species)
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