Two-tone fingerfin (Chirodactylus brachydactylus)

Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Two-tone fingerfin
- Climates: Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa
- Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Indian ocean
Classification
- Genus: Chirodactylus - Chirodactylus
- Family: Latridae - Trumpeters
- Order: Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Along the coast of southern Africa from Walvis Bay to Maputo. Subtropical, between 23°S and 36°S in eastern Atlantic and western Indian oceans. Body colour basically brown, paler on ventral side, with a brighter white area below the eyes in the front part of the body, and a row of five white spots along the lateral line. Juveniles are silvery with orange anal and paired fins. Colour changes to adult colouration from about 5 cm. The fish has fleshy lips around a small mouth. Length up to 40 cm, weight up to 3 kg.