Shorefishes - Gallery

snout long plates
D1 1st spine short
preoperculum - 1 rear spine

red head & body
pectoral short, red + center rays black
D1 red; D2 red + yellow blotches

Bellator farrago, Medley searobin

opercular spine short

breast unscaled, belly scaled

snout: long plates
spine over front eye

D1: 1st spine short, red + 2 dark spots
pectoral red, dusky edge
D2 & A wide red margin

C red + yellow blotch

Bellator gymnostethus, Naked-belly searobin

preopercular crest: 2 rear spines

breast scaleless

snout: plates very short

D: 1st spine long, red + dark spot
side body: oblique orange bars
D2 red + white stripes

C white + 2 red bars

Bellator loxias, Barred searobin, Chevron searobin

preopercular crest ends in 1 spine

snout: long plates

D: 1st spine long, red + rear ocellus
C red + 2 thin white bars

Bellator xenisma, Splitnose searobin

preopercular crest: 2 rear spines

pectoral brown to grey

mouth short
lips - pale blotches

D1: 1st spine serrated, dark central spots

C dark + pale center bar

Prionotus albirostris, White-snout searobin

preopercular crest serrated

pectoral long, dark + dark spots, blackish edge

head flattened
snout plates long

C: 3 dark bars

Prionotus birostratus, Two-beaked searobin

preopercular crest: 2 rear spines

pectoral long, border concave, black + white base & bar

head high
large eye
short snout plates

C: 3 bars of spots

Prionotus horrens, Bristly searobin

pectoral 13, short, edge convex, black + clear blotch

A: 9
flank: scales smooth

large head
steep front profile

D1: outer 3/4 dark

C: black blotches, white edge

Prionotus miles, Orange-throat gurnard, Galapagos gurnard, Galapagos searobin, Orange-throat searobin

pectoral: long, black/ dark + black spots, + blue margin

head high
large eye
short snout plates

C: 2-3 bars of spots

Prionotus ruscarius, Common searobin, Rough searobin

pectoral short & angular, center translucent, edges black

A: 10-11
flank: scales rough

mouth long

D: black outer spot

C & D2: spotted

Prionotus stephanophrys, Blackfin searobin, Lumptail searobin

preopercular crest: 1 rear spine

pectoral: free rays short, fin long, black

snout long, flat

D: 1st spine serrated, 2 dark stripes

C: 3 dark bars

Prionotus teaguei, Long-ray searobin

preopercular crest: rear serrated

pectoral: dark, fin & top free ray (barred) very long