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Head of a Bean's Bigscale fish

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Head of the fish in the top image. Note the thin bones and large cavities. A Bean's Bigscale trawled during the NORFANZ expedition at a depth between the surface and 1275 m in international waters south of Norfolk Island, May 2003.

Photographer:
Mark McGrouther
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
Bean's Bigscale
Scientific name:
Scopelogadus beanii
Family:
Melamphaidae

Last Updated: 16 June 2009

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