Shorefishes - Gallery

in mouth yellow

belly: yellow blotch

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

pelvics dark

A yellow

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

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

large eye

C: black + white bar

purple blotch over anus