Barred fingerfin

Barred fingerfin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cheilodactylidae
Genus: Cheilodactylus
Species: C. pixi
Binomial name
Cheilodactylus pixi
M. M. Smith, 1980

The barred fingerfin (Cheilodactylus pixi) is a morwong of the genus Cheilodactylus, found only off the coasts of Namibia and South Africa from shallow depths to 120 metres. Its length is up to 30 centimetres.

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