Butterfly gurnard

The Butterfly gurnard lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 10 - 100 m environment.

Attached is a picture of one species of butterfly gurnard that may be useful for comparison. I would be interested to hear if this is close to you aunts photo. More

Butterfly Gurnard Lepidotrigla vanessa: A fairly common species, found in continental shelf waters from New South Wales through to Tasmania and across southern Australia to southern Western Australia. The Butterfly Gurnard is discussed below due to its susceptibility to capture in trawl fisheries. More

known as Butterfly Gurnard, Lepidotrigla vanessa) caught at Hobson's Bay - The only specimens I have seen of this beautiful fish were caught in Hobson's Bay in the month of August in different years. More

Common names

Bight gurnard in English
Butterfly gurnard in English
Sommerfugleknurhane in Danish (dansk)
凡尼紅娘魚 in Mandarin Chinese
凡尼红娘鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
斑鰭副魴鮄 in Mandarin Chinese
斑鳍副鲂鮄 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Triglidae
Genus : Lepidotrigla
Species : Lepidotrigla vanessa
Authority : Richardson, 1839