Banded Scalyfin (species: Parma polylepis) in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Parma polylepis
Banded Scalyfin


©John Turnbull: Banded Scalyfin (Parma polylepis)

©John E. Randall: Banded Scalyfin (Parma polylepis)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Pomacentridae
Genus Parma
Species Parma polylepis

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 210 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • From 1 m to 40 m

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Distribution


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Distribution and habitat preferences

Adults occur in lagoons and outer rocky reefs. Foun in the outer reef surge channels at the Capricorn Group in the Great Barrier Reef and at Lord Howe Island.

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