White-shouldered whiptail (Pentapodus bifasciatus)

Scientific name: Pentapodus bifasciatus Bleeker, 1848

White-shouldered whiptail (Pentapodus bifasciatus)

The White-shouldered whiptail (Pentapodus bifasciatus) is a marine fish of the family Nemipteridae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore. This species has been previously confused with Pentapodus trivittatus.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Head scales reaching forward to between level of posterior and anterior nostrils. Suborbital naked. Lower limb of preopercle with 2 or 3 scale rows. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to or almost to level of anus. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body brown, white on ventral surface. This species is easily distinguished from P. trivittatus by the head scales extending forward to the nostrils, the absence of scales on the suborbital, and presence of a white bar on the upper margin of the opercle.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pentapodus bifasciatus
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
18.0
Common length
10.0
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore. This species has been previously confused with Pentapodus trivittatus.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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