Spotted gurnard

Pterygotrigla picta

Fish Reaching Thirty Eight Centimeters in New Caledonia

Spotted gurnard is a marine fish from South 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: South Pacific: off the coast of Chile near Isla Juan Fernandez, Isla San Felix, and neighboring guyots of the Sala y Gomez and Nazca Ridges (160-350 m), reported from Easter Island and westward to the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia; and other seamounts and ridges.

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