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Bank Steenbras
Chirodactylus grandis
Chirodactylus grandis, the Bank steenbras, is a species of marine fish in the fingerfin or morwong family (family Latridae) of order Perciformes. It is native to the coasts of South Africa. and Namibia
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Description
Body is a pale grey, slightly countershaded, with darker head and fins, and usually a red stripe in front of the eye. It has a long sloping forehead and snout, and fleshy lips on a small mouth. The largest species of the family, with a length up to 1.8 m, but more commonly below 0.8 m.
Diagnostics. Depth 2.7 to 2.9 times in standard length. The dorsal fin has 17 to 18 spines and 22 to 24 rays. Anal fins 3 spines, 8 rays. Pectoral fins have 6 enlarged unbranched rays, some of which extend conspicuously beyond the upper section of the fin.
Range & habitat
A marine demersal fish found from Walvis Bay to Port St. Johns, endemic to southern Africa. Subtropical eastern Atlantic and western Indian oceans between 23°S and 36°S.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 611103.