Image: Smooth Goosefish, Lophiodes mutilus
Description
A Smooth Goosefish purchased at a fish shop in Campsie, Sydney, New South Wales by B. Yau, September 2005. The fish was trawled from the Australian east coast.
- Photographer:
- Sally Reader
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Smooth Goosefish
- Scientific name:
- Lophiodes mutilus
- Family:
- Lophiidae
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Dorsal view of a Smooth Goosefish View full size
Sally Reader
© Australian Museum
Head of a Smooth Goosefish View full size
Sally Reader
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2 comments
Mark McGrouther
8.08 AM, 13 August 2010
Thanks Jen. With well over 1.5 million specimens, the fish collection is pretty big. On world terms however it is a medium sized ichthyology collection. That of the US National Museum in Washington D.C. is the largest, with about 4 million specimens. I do agree with you however, it is a pretty cool experience.
Jen Cork
11.08 AM, 12 August 2010
This is something else!!
I got to see this fish first hand on a BTS tour. Such a great experience, I had no idea the collection was so extensive.
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