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Black-edged sweeper

Pempheris mangula Cuvier, 1829

Status not recordedbony fish

The black-edged sweeper (Pempheris mangula) is a species in the family Pempheridae, order Acropomatiformes.

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Quick facts about the black-edged sweeper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-edged sweeper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black-edged sweeper as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Libya
  2. Syria
  3. Tunisia
  4. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the black-edged sweeper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the black-edged sweeper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcropomatiformes
  5. familyPempheridae
  6. genusPempheris
  7. SpeciesPempheris mangula Cuvier, 1829

Synonyms Pempheris erythraea, Pempheris russellii, Pimepheris mangula

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • metařík černolemýCzech
  • intianpyyhältäjäFinnish
  • Papudinha-de-borda-escuraPortuguese
  • Большеглаз темнопёрыйRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the black-edged sweeper

Other species in the same genus Pempheris.

Bigeye

Pempheris adspersa

PempheridaeNo free photo yet

Cave sweeper

Pempheris oualensis

PempheridaeNo free photo yet

Bullseye

Pempheris compressa

PempheridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the black-edged sweeper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black-edged sweeper as introduced in 4 countries: Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the black-edged sweeper?

The black-edged sweeper (Pempheris mangula) belongs to the family Pempheridae in the order Acropomatiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-edged sweeper (Pempheris mangula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-edged-sweeper

MLA

“Black-edged sweeper (Pempheris mangula).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-edged-sweeper.

BibTeX
@misc{black_edged_sweeper_2026,
  title = {Black-edged sweeper (Pempheris mangula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-edged-sweeper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}