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Flat body, 4 orange bands with false eye spot on dorsal fin, pointed
snout. Coral rubble. Commonly seen on many of our shores. |
4-8cm.
Flat body, 4 brown bands with false eye spot on dorsal fin, blunt
snout. Coral rubble and seagrass. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
About
12 cm. Flat body, 8 narrow black bands. Coral reefs. Sometimes seen
on our Southern shores. |
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6-25cm. Body romboid shape, flat, silvery with long, rigid pelvic
fins and tail. Among seagrasses. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
4-25cm.
Flat body rhomboid shape, silvery, juveniles with black bar through
eye. Mangroves. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
10-30cm.
Body rounded rhomboid shape, white to yellowish with dark spots on
the sides. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores, especially near
mangroves. |
10-20cm.
Flat body, smaller black spots between the broad black bands. From
above, eyes have a golden sheen. Mangroves and jetties. Sometimes
seen on our Northern shores. |
10-20cm.
Flat body, 4-5 broad black vertical bands that taper towards the bottom
of the body. Mangroves and jetties. Sometimes seen on our Northern
shores. |
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| 5-8cm,
to 38cm. Large triangular skin flap on the belly, body with broad
oblique bars on the sides, in some these bars may be indistinct. Common
on all our shores. |
To
about 7cm. Irregular yellow or white 'smile' on the side. Triangular skin flap on the belly. Body pattern and colour various. Seagrasses. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
8-12cm.
White stripe along centre of body from gill operning. Coral rubble,
living reefs. Sometimes seen on our Southern shores. |
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| Adults
silvery, flat rhomboid. Juvelines brown. Seldom seen. |
2-12cm,
to 70cm. Body dark greyish brown, lips swollen, tail fin transparent
and rounded. Mimicks drifting leaves. Seagrasses and coral rubble.
Sometimes seen on many of our shores. |
20cm
to 1m. Floats head down on its side resembling a leaf. Forehead steeply
sloping and humped. Tail fin and the ends of the dorsal and anal fins
are rounded and about equal sized. Dark or reddish brown with dark
mottles to pale. Seldom seen. |
Adults
silvery and squarish. Juvelines have elongated dorsal and anal fins.
Those seen 12-15cm long. Sometimes seen on our Southern shores. |
6-10cm,
to 31cm. Body circular with thick feathery bits, dark stripes, short
bright blue lines. Seagrasses.
Sometimes seen on some of our shores. |
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| About
30cm. Flat body golden brown to orange with diagonal blue lines, a
blue ring behind the eye. Tail fin white with bright yellow margin.
Juveniles bluish-black with white and blue narrow bars. Seldom seen
on the intertidal. |
Juvenile
bluish-black with white and blue narrow bars on the sides. Seldom
seen on the intertidal. |
About
18cm. Flat body oval with yellow tail, blackish, purplish brown rear
and dorsal and anal fins, a black bar on the head over the eyes. Juveniles
bluish-black with white and blue narrow bars on the sides. Seldom
seen on the intertidal. |
10cm.
Juveniles brown with large white spots. swims head down in a 'drunken'
dance. Sometimes seen on our shores.
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