General description ⁶

Description: Body wide and relatively thick with a sloping forehead and a large round eye and large terminal mouth. Dorsal-fin base long and anal-fin base short. Prominent dorsal, anal, and pelvic-fin spines and a large non-serrated preopercular spine.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4785268312_87d4d2ffbd.jpg
2. (c) Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/8167174652_dec01eaf72_o.jpg
3. (c) John E. Randall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://d1iraxgbwuhpbw.cloudfront.net/images/species/lugri_u2.jpg
4. (c) FAO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://d1iraxgbwuhpbw.cloudfront.net/images/species/lugri_u3.jpg
5. (c) FAO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://d1iraxgbwuhpbw.cloudfront.net/images/species/lugri_u4.jpg
6. (c) www.coralreeffish.com by Benjamin Victor, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/28562182

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• FishBase
• FishSource
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet
• World Register of Marine Species

Range Map

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