Image: Cottonmouth Trevally off Botany Bay

Cottonmouth Trevally off Botany Bay

A small (25 cm to 30 cm long) Cottonmouth Trevally at a depth of 1 m, near a fish attracting device, 8 km north-east of Botany Bay, New South Wales, April 2004.

Photographer:
Heath Folpp
Rights:
© Heath Folpp
Common name:
Cottonmouth Trevally
Scientific name:
Uraspis secunda
Family:
Carangidae
Order:
Perciformes

Additional information

The water depth was 150 m. One fish was caught on hook and line by J. Diplock of New South Wales Fisheries. It is now registered in the Australian Museum Fish Collection (AMS I.43293-001).

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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Uraspis secunda, Cottonmouth Trevally, Carangidae,