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Lunartail Bigeye-3

Reference

IB3649

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Bigeyes - PRIACANTHIDAE

Common Name

Lunartail Bigeye-3

Scientific Name

Priacanthus hamrur

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Most species are a magnificent silvery-red colour, which they can alter at will, changing from red to a dull silver in an instant. Bigeyes feed nocturnally, principally on zooplankton, small fishes and cephalopods.

source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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