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Description
- 📏 up to 25 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, slopes
The longfin bannerfish is white, striped with two black bands and decorated with a long whip-like dorsal fin. It lives in pairs or small groups and feeds on plankton and invertebrates.
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In Tahitian: paraha ave.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Poisson-cocher.
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