Photo 5235345, (c) Morgan Grant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Morgan Grant

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What

Freckled Goatfish (Upeneus tragula)

Observer

morgangrant

Date

October 15, 2016

Description

Bar-tailed Goatfish (Upeneus tragula). They grow to 250mm, and are found from Perth across the tropics to as far south as near the NSW/Victorian border.

It is a whitish and tan Goatfish with yellow chin barbels, a dark yellowish to brown stripe from the nose to the upper part of the caudal-fin base (with brown blotches on the stripe). Normally has a large dark spot on the tips of both dorsal fins (not visible in this photo), and dark bars on the caudal and pelvic fins. They may have brown to reddish blotches and spots.

Fish was caught by James Cornish in Pumicestone Passage at Bribie Island

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