Glassy sweeper
Pempheris schomburgki
Müller & Troschel, 1848

Description:
Body very thin, with a deep belly profile; shiny copper in color and a dark band at the base of the anal fin (P. schomburgki). Eyes large.
Size up to 15 cm.

Habitat:
Occurs in clear water with coral bottom, down to 30 m. In aggregations in dark crevices and caves. Nocturnal, feeds on zooplankton, particularly the larval stages of invertebrates.

Distribution:
Common to occasional Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Superclass Pisces
Class Osteichthyes
Family Pempheridae
Genus Pempheris
Species Pempheris schomburgki

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Pempheris schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1848

Scientific synonyms and common names

Glassy sweeper [English]
Copper sweeper [English]
Hatchetfish [English]
Babalochi [Papiamentu]

Humann, P., 1989. Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, (ed. N. Deloach). New World Publications, Inc., Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.

Nagelkerken, W., 1980. Coral Reef Fishes of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Published by the Island Territory of Curacao.

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