Location: Lombok, Indonesia
Spottail Dartfish
Ptereleotris heteroptera
Spottail Dartfish
Category: Dartfishes
Scientific Name: Ptereleotris heteroptera
Size: Up to 4.75 in. (12 cm)
Depth: 15-150 ft. (5-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Gobiiformes (Order)
└Microdesmidae (Family)
└Ptereleotrinae (Subfamily)
└Ptereleotris (Genus)
└P. heteroptera (Species)
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