''Metavelifer'' is a genus of fishes in the

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Veliferidae Sailfin moonfishes are a small family, Veliferidae, of lampriform fishes found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Unlike other lampriforms, they live in shallow, coastal waters, of less than depth, rather than in the deep ocean. They ar ...

. It is

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, being represented by the single species ''Metavelifer multiradiatus'', commonly known as the spinyfin velifer. It grows to a length of TL and is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

References

* Lampriformes Monotypic fish genera Fish described in 1907 Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Lampriformes-stub