Bluefin gurnard

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The bluefin gurnard, Chelidonichthys brachyoptera, is a searobin of the family Triglidae, found in the western Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean being common around Australia and New Zealand at depths down to 200 m. Its length is up to 60 cm. More

Johan Scheepers of George Randell High caught a bluefin gurnard of 3kg and Jody Jooste of Cambridge High a maasbanker of 0,820kg - both setting new Border junior and South African records. More

The bluefin gurnard {Chelidonichthys brachyoptera} is a member of the searobin family. They live in the the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The bluefin gurnard looks pretty much like other sea robins in shape. More

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Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Triglidae
Genus : Chelidonichthys
Species : Chelidonichthys spinosus
Authority : Cuvier, 1829