Papuan seerfish
| Papuan seerfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Genus: | Scomberomorus |
| Species: | S. multiradiatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scomberomorus multiradiatus Munro, 1964
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The Papuan seerfish (Scomberomorus multiradiatus) also called the Papuan Spanish mackerel,[2] is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. It is endemic to the Gulf of Papua off the mouth of the Fly River. It is the smallest species in the genus Scomberomorus. Sexual maturity is attained at much less than 30 cm fork length.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). "Scomberomorus multiradiatus" in FishBase. June 2009 version.
- ^ Collette, B.; Carpenter, K.E.; Di Natale, A.; et al. (2011). "Scomberomorus multiradiatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170347A6760831. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T170347A6760831.en.
- ^ Kailola, P.J. (1991). The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Papua New Guinea: Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources. p. 153.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Scombridae
- Fish of New Guinea
- Taxa named by Ian Stafford Ross Munro
- Fish described in 1964
- Scomberomorus
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