Fish ID (Murchison River Mouth, Kalbari)
Submitted by Lowza on Tue, 2014-04-22 10:10
Caught this murchison mouth right in the reef, heap of them around this guy went 30cm obviously all went back curious to species.
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carnarvonite
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Banded Sergeant
The closest I can get is a banded sergeant
Lowza
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Research
Did some research I think your on the money.
Glenn Moore
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Blackspot Sergeant
Banded Sergeant is a good call, but this one is actually a Blackspot Sergeant Abudefduf sordidus. They are very similar except for the obvious black saddle near the tail.
Glenn Moore
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Western Australian Museum
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