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Wattsia
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Wattsia

Wattsia mossambica, the Mozambique large-eye bream, is a species of emperor native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is a deep-water fish, being found along the outer edges of the continental shelves at depths of from 100 to 180 metres (330 to 590 ft). This species grows to a length of 55 centimetres (22 in) TL though most do not exceed 35 centimetres (14 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This...

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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 92819.