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Crested Morwong

Goniistius vestitus

Also known as: Eastern Crested Morwong, Eastern Magpie Morwong, Eastern Morwong, Magpie Morwong, Morwong

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@fishx6 · Great Keppel Islands, QLD, Australia · April 20121 / 5
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, over in-shore and off-shore coral and rocky reefs.
Pacific Ocean - Australia, New Caledonia

Morwongs are found in cool tropical to temperate waters.
At night they hide in crevices and under rocks.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
pairsshelters in crevicessolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Pacific Ocean
  • Country only · 5
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Found singly or in pairs, over in-shore and off-shore coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyCheilodactylidae
    6. genusGoniistius
    7. speciesGoniistius vestitus (Castelnau, 1879)

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