Description
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Reference |
IB0864 |
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Category |
Fishes |
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Family Name |
Beaked Salmon - GONORYNCHIDAE |
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Common Name |
Beaked Salmon,Swimming |
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Scientific Name |
Gonorynchus greyi |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
Beaked Salmons prefer sandy substrates in which they forage with their pointed snout, feeding on small benthic invertebrates.The specimen illustrated here is a dark form from an estuary in the south-west of Australia, but many are a light sandy colour. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |
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