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Southern Herring Smelt

Glossanodon australis

Also known as: Deep Sea Smelts

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Adult
@hydradon · Gold Coast, Australia · December 20221 / 1
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Overview

Found in large schools close to the bottom of the continental shelf and slope.
Southwest Pacific - Australia

Small deep sea fish that lives close to the bottom.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black stripeswhite stripes
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Southwest Pacific
  • Country only · 1
LIVES IN

Found in large schools close to the bottom of the continental shelf and slope.

RANGE
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderArgentiniformes
    5. familyArgentinidae
    6. genusGlossanodon
    7. speciesGlossanodon australis Kobyliansky, 1998

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase