Painted latchet

Pterygotrigla andertoni

Triglid Fish from New Zealand Waters

Painted latchet is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 38 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Triglidae
Genus: Pterygotrigla
Maximum length: 38 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia, New Zealand (North and South Islands); eastward on the Challenger Plateau (but not been taken around the Chatham Is.), Australia (from Saumarez Reef (Queensland) to Bass Strait; unconfirmed report from the center of the Great Australian Bight west to Fremantle, Western Australia)

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