Moonlighter (fish)
| Moonlighter | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Microcanthinae |
| Genus: | Tilodon Thominot, 1888 |
| Species: | T. sexfasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tilodon sexfasciatus (J. Richardson, 1842) | |
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The moonlighter (Tilodon sexfasciatus), is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a member of the family Microcanthidae. It is endemic to southern Australia, where adults can be found on rocky reefs to depths of 120 m (390 ft). Juveniles are found in much shallower waters of coves and estuaries. This species grows to 40 cm (16 in) TL. This fish is commercially important and can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of the genus Tilodon.