Sixplate Sawtail
Prionurus microlepidotus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 675
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Prionurus microlepidotus, the sixplate sawtail, Australian sawtail or sawtail surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Prionurus microlepidotus”.