Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau, 1872) is a animal in the Gerreidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau, 1872)

Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau, 1872)

Parequula melbournensis is a fish similar to Gerres subfasciatus, distinguishable by its long-based anal fin and non-anteriorly elevated dorsal fin.

Family
Genus
Parequula
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau, 1872)

This species has the scientific name Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau, 1872). P. melbournensis is similar in appearance to Gerres subfasciatus. It can be distinguished from G. subfasciatus by two key features: its anal fin has a long base, and its dorsal fin is not elevated on the anterior side.

Photo: (c) Sascha Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sascha Schulz · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Gerreidae Parequula

More from Gerreidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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