Threadfin Pearl-Perch

Scientific Name: Glaucosoma magnificum
Family: Pearl Perches - Glaucosomatidae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: Compressed oval body; silver with greenish mottling on rear body; brown eye bar, white spot below rear dorsal fin; filament trails from fore lobe of rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Usually form schools.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs and trawling grounds in 10-30m.
Location: S. New Guinea to N. Australia.

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