Shorefishes - Gallery

brown, 7-9 bars, operculum spot
lower head & body, A & lower C red
C pearl spots

D pearl spots, dark spot front base 1st rays
juv: 5-7 dark bars, dark spot front base soft D

lower gill rakers 7-10

body: 2 stripes + 8-9 bars
black spot on operculum
body & fins- pearl spots

D dark blotch front rays
male: dark bars, chin & belly reddish

lower gill rakers 8-10

elongate
head, body, fins: blue spots

black blotches: opercle, mid-body, tail base

LL 17+10

lower body red

oval
head bluntly pointed

black blotch : center flank, tail base

dense small blue spots: head, body & fins

mouth short

red-grey; 7 blackish bars
head bluntly pointed

D XV-XVII; A V-VI

upper C base: large ocellus

mouth short, opens at front, lower jaw projecting
teeth conical

grey-green + 8-10 bars
dark blotch - rear opercle
C clear + dark reticulum, edge red

D & A pale basal spots
juv: dark spot at base front soft D
male: dark grey, head blue, iris red, D & C edges red

lower gill rakers 20-26

grey-green/blue-grey, flank 2-5 dark blotches
edges D & C red, C no bars
juv: 6-7 bars, 3 spots on flank, spot front base soft D

male black, lower head white, edges D & C pink

lower gill rakers 17-18

grey, dark blotch operculum corner
C: 7-12 long narrow bars
male: grey, head & front D reddish

juv: ~9 bars, ocelus base front soft D, operculum corner spot

lower gill rakers 20-21

flank: 2-4 dark blotches
operculum corner dark blotch
C narrow bars at base & top 1/2

juv: dark, ocelus base front soft D
male: v dark, edge D & top 1/2 & border C orange

lower gill rakers 22

iris red; dark blotch opercle corner
grey, flank 6 black blotches, central largest
fins bluey spots, edges bluey

juve: 8 bars, basal spot front soft D
male: dark, reddish front flank, soft D & C

lower gill rakers 12-15

chin black, head irregular black blotches

corner operculum dark blotch

male: operculum gold blotch