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Vanikolo sweeper

Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier, 1831

Status not recordedbony fish

The vanikolo sweeper (Pempheris vanicolensis) is a species in the family Pempheridae, order Acropomatiformes.

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Quick facts about the vanikolo 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 vanikolo sweeper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the vanikolo sweeper as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Egypt
  3. Libya

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 vanikolo 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 vanikolo sweeper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcropomatiformes
  5. familyPempheridae
  6. genusPempheris
  7. SpeciesPempheris vanicolensis Cuvier, 1831
Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • Greenback bullseyeEnglish
  • Vanikoro sweeperEnglish
  • metařík jeskynníCzech
  • ΣαρωτήςGreek
  • mustasaumapyyhältäjäFinnish
  • tinaFijian
  • Poisson-hachetteFrench
  • גרזינון הכוכיםHebrew
  • キビレハタンポJapanese
  • RodezeebijlvisDutch
  • Papudinha-cobrePortuguese
  • Темнопёрый большеглазRussian
  • ปลากระดี่ทะเลครีบดำThai
  • GölgeTurkish
  • 刀片Chinese
  • Hachette à bordures noiresFrench
  • גרזינון כוכיםHebrew
  • ucgen baligiTurkish
  • Üçgen BalığıTurkish
  • yaprak balikTurkish
  • 三角仔Chinese
  • 水果刀Chinese
  • 皮刀Chinese
  • 解餌刀Chinese
  • 黑緣單鰭魚Chinese
  • 黑緣擬金眼鯛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the vanikolo 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 vanikolo sweeper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the vanikolo sweeper as introduced in 3 countries: Cyprus, Egypt and Libya, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the vanikolo sweeper?

The vanikolo sweeper (Pempheris vanicolensis) belongs to the family Pempheridae in the order Acropomatiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Vanikolo sweeper (Pempheris vanicolensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vanikolo-sweeper

MLA

“Vanikolo sweeper (Pempheris vanicolensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/vanikolo-sweeper.

BibTeX
@misc{vanikolo_sweeper_2026,
  title = {Vanikolo sweeper (Pempheris vanicolensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vanikolo-sweeper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}