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Threadfin Scat
Rhinoprenes pentanemus
The Threadfin scat (Rhinoprenes pentanemus) is a species of ephippid native to the Pacific Ocean around Papua New Guinea and Australia. This fish eats algae and also sewage. This species grows to a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of the genus Rhinoprenes.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 529869.