Rainbow Runner (species: Elagatis bipinnulata) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Elagatis bipinnulata
Rainbow Runner


©Anne Hoggett: Rainbow Runner about 40 cm long at Kevin's Reef near Lizard Island

©Alex Vail: A school of Rainbow Runner at MacGillivray Reef. These specimens are about 50 cm long.

©Lyle Vail: Rainbow Runner (Elagatis bipinnulata) at Day Reef near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Carangidae
Genus Elagatis
Species Elagatis bipinnulata

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Distinguishing features

Long slender silver fish with a pair of widely-separated pale blue stripes from eye to tail and a deeply-forked tail.

Size

  • Up to 120 cm (Length of specimen) - applies to Maximum size (Allen et al, 2003)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  • Leis, J.M. and B.M. Carson-Ewart (2000). Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes Brill, Leiden, pp. 1-850. LIRS catalog number 660.
  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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