Image Bank - Fishes
Cosmopolitan Spineback
Reference |
IB0717 |
Category |
Fishes |
Family Name |
Spinebacks - NOTOCANTHIDAE |
Common Name |
Cosmopolitan Spineback |
Scientific Name |
Notocanthus chemnitzi |
Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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 |