Pempheris rochai

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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Pempheris rochai, commonly known as Rocha's sweeper, is a species of sweeper fish of the family Pempheridae.{{Cite journal|last=Randall|first=John E.|last2=Victor|first2=Benjamin C.|date=2015-12-28|title=Descriptions of thirty-four new species of the fish genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae), with a key to the species of the western Indian Ocean|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1045550|journal=Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation|volume=18|pages=1–77|doi=10.5281/zenodo.1045550}} It's found in the northern Indian Ocean, on shallow reefs along the coast of Oman.{{Cite web|title=Pempheris rochai, Rocha's sweeper|url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Pempheris-rochai.html|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.fishbase.se}}

Etymology

It was named after Luiz A. Rocha to honor his contributions to ichthyology.

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