Shorefishes - Gallery

in mouth yellow

belly: yellow blotch

preopercular spur: 4-6 spines, central 2 large & diverging

pelvics dark

A yellow

under & behind eye: row spots join orange stripe

D & A end & front rays ~ same height

C: bars of orange spots

preopercle spur deep, angular, 8-14 spines

7-10 rows scales on cheek

yellow stripe on cheek -> 2-3 across operculum

soft D: black stripe along base

body: 4 double dark bars

preopercular spur: deep, square, 6-12 spines

body: 4 double dark bars

D: spines II-IV long, with filaments, black
soft D 3-5 oblique orange stripes

C: 3 orange bars, black & white spots on top edge

preopercle spur: square, deep. 8-13 spines

yellow bar: eye to top lip

body: thin dark bars
soft D: row orange spots, rear rays < front rays

D length front rays > rear rays

preopercle spur: very deep, angular, 8-13 spines

grey-brown
operculum: dark blotch

preopercular spur: narrow, pointed, 4-8 spines

A 2nd spine ~ 3rd

pink blotch over origin A

C top edge red, bottom white, rows orange spots

preopercle spur: square, not deep, 5-8 spines

cheek 10-14 rows scales
gill rakers 15-24

eye to snout: 2 oblique yellow stripes
eye: yellow ring
above A: yellow blotch

C base: dark blotch in center, 2 black spots at top

preopercle spur: low, blunt, rounded, 7-11 spines

cheek 10-14 rows scales
gill rakers 22-25

top jaw bone deep

body: 2 stripes + 8-10 bars
D 2-3 rows yellow spots

D 2-3 rows yellow spots

preopercular spur: deep, square, 5-10 spines

gill rakers 32-41