Image: A gilled leech beside the nostril of a Numbfish
Description
A gilled leech Branchellion sp beside the nostril of a Numbfish. This image was taken at a depth of 14 m, Cabbage Tree Island, outside Port Stephens, New South Wales, April 1999.
- Photographer:
- Erik Schlögl
- Rights:
- © Erik Schlögl
- Common name:
- Numbfish
- Scientific name:
- Hypnos monopterygium
- Family:
- Hypnidae
- Order:
- Torpediniformes
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Numbfish, Hypnos monopterygium View full size
Erik Schlögl
© Erik Schlögl
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