The Pencil Weed Whiting is a small, slender, green to brown fish with a long snout. Females have a white-margined spot on the caudal fin. Males have two blue lines on the sides of the body

At a glance

Habitat Pencil Weed Whiting occurs in algae-covered rocky reefs in coastal waters at depths between 1 m and 20 m
Size Can grow to around 14cm
Origin Endemic
Distribution From eastern Victoria and Tasmania to south-western Western Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
From eastern Victoria and Tasmania to south-western Western Australia
Habitat
Pencil Weed Whiting occurs in algae-covered rocky reefs in coastal waters at depths between 1 m and 20 m
Size
Can grow to around 14cm
Common Name Pencil Weed Whiting
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
Conservation Least Concern
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPerciformes
SuborderLabroidei
FamilyLabridae
SubfamilyLabrinae
GenusSiphonognathus
SpeciesSiphonognathus beddomei
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