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Longnose Seabat

Reference

IB1152

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Batfishes - OGCOCEPHALIDAE

Common Name

Longnose Seabat

Scientific Name

Malthopsis lutea

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Batfishes attain a maximum length of about 40 cm with most growing to around 20 cm. They are very poor swimmers and remain on the substrate almost all the time.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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