Prionurus chrysurus

Prionurus chrysurus
Prionurus chrysurus can be seen as the bottom fish with the yellow tail, the top fish are Horse-eye jack
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Prionurus
Species: P. chrysurus
Binomial name
Prionurus chrysurus

Prionurus chrysurus is a tropical fish endemic to the coral reefs around Indonesia.[1] It is commonly known as the Indonesian sawtail.[2] It reaches a maximum length of 30 centimetres (12 in).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Prionurus chrysurus" in FishBase. January 2010 version.
  2. Common names for Prionurus chrysurus at www.fishbase.org.


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