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Snapper - Pagrus auratus

Snapper - Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) [more of this species]

 

Very similar to the Red Seabream (P. major) of the northern pacific. This species occurs south of the tropics. The are slight differences in the bump of the head, otherwise almost identical.

 

They can be identified by pinkish body with blue spots on the upper part of the body. The bottom most parts of the caudal, anal and ventral fins are white, the rest of those fins are transparent.

 

 

 

Date: March 8, 2004

Location: Melbourne Aquarium [more at this location]

Country: Australia

 

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Uploaded on August 16, 2010
Taken on March 8, 2004