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Beaked Salmon,Swimming

Reference

IB0864

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Beaked Salmon - GONORYNCHIDAE

Common Name

Beaked Salmon,Swimming

Scientific Name

Gonorynchus greyi

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

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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