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Whitenose Pigfish
Perryena leucometopon
Perryena leucometopon, the Whitenose pigfish, is a scorpaeniform fish endemic to the Pacific Ocean around Australia where it is found on coral reefs. This species grows to a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus and in 2013 was split from the family Congiopodidae into its own family.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 515226.