Image: A Southern Smiler caught off Norah Head Lighthouse

A Southern Smiler caught off Norah Head Lighthouse

A Southern Smiler caught on hook and line at a depth of about 70 m, east of Norah Head Lighthouse, New South Wales, April 2007.

Photographer:
Hugh Dorahy
Rights:
© Hugh Dorahy
Common name:
Southern Smiler
Scientific name:
Opistognathus jacksoniensis
Family:
Opistognathidae
Order:
Perciformes

Additional information

The fish is registered in the Australian Museum fish collection (AMS I.44302-001).

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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Southern Smiler, Opistognathus jacksoniensis,