Banded driftfish

The Banded Driftfish is a compressed, deep bodied fish found in most tropical marine waters swimming amongst Jelly fish or under floating weeds. More

Image: A Banded Driftfish at North West Solitary Island - Add comment Add tags A Banded Driftfish at North West Solitary Island Description A Banded Driftfish swimming below a jellyfish. More

* Banded driftfish, Psenes arafurensis Günther, 1889. * Freckled driftfish, Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833. * Silver driftfish, Psenes maculatus (Valenciennes, 1836). More

Banded driftfish, Balk-dryfvis Species Details Click to see pictures at FishBase. More

A Banded Driftfish at North West Solitary Island A Banded Driftfish swimming below a jellyfish A Banded Lizardfish at Ribbon Reef #10 ... More

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Common names

A-ra-p'u-ra-dom in Korean (한국어)
Arafura driftfish in English
Arafura eyebowfish in English
Balk-dryfvis in Afrikaans
Banded driftfish in English
Båndet drivfisk in Danish (dansk)
drift-fish in English
Dusky driftfish in English
fat-head in English
flotador in sp
Kurage-uo in Japanese (日本語)
Shuĭ mǔ shuāng qī chāng in Mandarin Chinese
Shuĭ mǔ yù chāng in Mandarin Chinese
水母玉鯧 in Mandarin Chinese
水母玉鲳 in Mandarin Chinese
貝氏玉鯧 in Mandarin Chinese
贝氏玉鲳 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Nomeidae
Genus : Psenes
Species : Parapsenes rotundus
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