Grey knifefish

Grey knifefish
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Kyphosidae
Genus:	Bathystethus
Species:	B. cultratus
Binomial name
	Bathystethus cultratus; (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
	Cichla cultrata Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801; Sciaena cultrata J. R. Forster, 1801 (ambiguous); Platystethus guentheri J. D. Ogilby, 1889;

The grey knifefish, Bathystethus cultratus, is a species of sea chub native to the Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands. This species is a plankton eater which swims constantly within a few meters of the surface of the ocean. This species can reach a length of 30 cm (12 in).^[1]

References[]

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Bathystethus cultratus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Bathystethus cultratus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.

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