Snapjack
Scorpis aequipinnis
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,515
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
Description
The sea sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis), also known as the maomao, snapjack, or sweep is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sea sweep”.