Shorefishes - Gallery

2 black-ringed orange squares behind eye
lower body: white + orange bars

pale brown, +/- dark bar - spiny D to anus
top corner opercle- oblique, narrow black, blue-edged bar

opercle - only central spine visible

belly white + 4 orange & brown rectangular blotches
C base: 2 rows black spots

red-brown, belly - large bright white blotch
head - wiggly blue stripes
C top & bottom margins: row brown spots

head & body: brown + small, dense dark spots
rear belly: prominent white bar
C base: 2 indistinct oceli

midbody on LL - dark blotch

D 12, spines: no filaments, edge yellow

C 13 branched rays, concave, dark spot at base

Serranus fuscula, Two spot seabass

white + 2 black stripes & elongate black blotches
front D: large black blotch
C forked, clear + black top & bottom margins

opercule: central spine large, curves up

whitish + faint yellow bars
eye large, yellow

fins pale, D & C - yellow tips

top head scaled to between eyes
opercular spines weak

brown bar through eye, white bar - operculum & chest
body 4-6 brown bars
belly: bright white bar

juv: 2 black bars + 3 dark stripes

opercle spines poorly developed

pale; dark oblique bar under eye
dark bar - front D to center belly, belly bright white
thick stripe mid flank, thin stripe above

brown, rear 1/2 - 4 dark bars
scale edges v dark, form lines
front soft D black blotch

white; broad orange-brown stripe - eye to C base
C: dark C shape

white above, yellow below + narrow black bars
lower head & throat: large black blotches
C black basal bar, black spots in center

blue-grey to pink-brown
~8 white narrow bars - upper head & back
flank - row 2-3 pale blotches