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Spotted Gurnard
Pterygotrigla picta
The spotted gurnard (Pterygotrigla picta) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. This fish is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its length is up to 35 cm.
From the article Spotted gurnard on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The spotted gurnard is largely coloured red with obvious black spotting on the body and fins, other than the abdomen. They have a maximum published total length of 38 cm (15 in).
Range & habitat
The spotted gurnard is found in the southeastern Pacific, although there has been some confusion between this species and the painted latchet (Pterygotrigla andertoni), which is called "spotted gurnard" in New Zealand. This species has been recorded near the Juan Fernandez Islands, the Desventuradas Islands and the neighbouring guyots of Sala y Gomez and Nazca Ridges, they have also been reported from Easter Island and west to the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia and other seamounts and undersea ridges. This is a bathydemersal species found at depths of 160 to 500 m (520 to 1,640 ft) on the continental shelf and continental slope.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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 460666.