Description
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Reference |
IB0717 |
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Category |
Fishes |
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Family Name |
Spinebacks - NOTOCANTHIDAE |
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Common Name |
Cosmopolitan Spineback |
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Scientific Name |
Notocanthus chemnitzi |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
Like their close relatives the Halosaurs, the Cosmopolitan Spineback have a long low anal fin and no caudal fin. It grows to about 1.2 m in length and has specialised knife-like teeth that it uses to bite off the tentacles of anemones, corals and hydrozoans. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |
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