Kyphosus cornelii
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| Kyphosus cornelii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Genus: | Kyphosus |
| Species: | K. cornelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944) | |
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Segutilum cornelii Whitley, 1944 | |
Kyphosus cornelii, the Western buffalo bream, Cornel's drummer or the Western drummer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub belonging to the family Kyphosidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.
Kyphosus cornelii is similar to the silver drummer (K. sydneyanus) but it has a slender body shape when compared to other drummer species. The rear edge of the pectoral fins is an orange-yellow colour. The upper and lower margins of the caudal fin have a pale margin with a dusky submarginal bar. The main difference from the silver drummer is the more distinctly forked tail and the pale caudal fin margin and the suborbital dark moustache.[2] It attains a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (28 in).[1]
Distribution
Kyphosus cornelii is endemic to the western coast of Western Australia where it is found from Shark Bay in the north to Cape Naturaliste in the south.[2]