Papuan Whiptail

Pentapodus numberii Allen & Erdmann 2009

Pentapodus numberii (Papuan Whiptail) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family threadfin breams. Individuals can grow to 16.1 cm.

EOL has data for 6 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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16.05 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Western Pacific: Indonesia
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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neritic pelagic zone
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000032
- Definition: The neritic epipelagic zone biome comprises the marine water column above a continental shelf.
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standard length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001659
- Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin
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16.1 cm
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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12 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Papuan whiptail. View this species on GBIF