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| Coranthus polyacanthus | |
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Conservation status
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | Actinopterygii
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| Order: | Kurtiformes
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| Family: | Apogonidae
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| Genus: | Coranthus J. L. B. Smith, 1961
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| Species: | C. polyacanthus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coranthus polyacanthus (Vaillant, 1877)
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Coranthus polyacanthus is a species of cardinalfish native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) TL and is of importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]