Metavelifer
Species of fish
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Metavelifer is a genus of fishes in the family Veliferidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Metavelifer multiradiatus, commonly known as the spinyfin velifer. It grows to a length of 28 centimetres (11 in) TL and is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Metavelifer multiradiatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lampriformes |
| Family: | Veliferidae |
| Genus: | Metavelifer Walters, 1960 |
| Species: | M. multiradiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Metavelifer multiradiatus (Regan, 1907) | |
