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Genus: | Velifer |
Species: | V. hypselopterus
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Velifer hypselopterus Bleeker, 1879
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Velifer hypselopterus, the sailfin velifer, is an Indo-Pacific velifer. This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL. This species, like the other one in the family Veliferidae, is monotypic in its genus. It is of minor importance in commercial fisheries.