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Silver Sweep
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Silver Sweep

Scorpis lineolata

The silver sweep, Scorpis lineolata, is a species of sea chub native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand. A very rare fish that is highly regarded in the aquarium industry for its silver colour with black bar patter on it , they can be found at high end aqaurium stores with a pristine patterend sweep have been known to be sold for upwards of a thousand dollars . Adults are found on...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 447407.