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SILVER SWEEP FACTS |
Description
Body grey, darker above and more silver below. Gill covering (operculum) with black edge. Outer edge of tail fin black. Up to 30 cm long head to tail tip.
Silver Sweep are a schooling species. They sometimes enter estuaries, and juveniles are common in rock pools on the coast.
Author credit: Dianne J. Bray, Dr Martin F. Gomon / Museum Victoria
Habitat
Exposed coastal and rocky reef areas, to depth of 30 m.
Food
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Range
New Zealand and south-eastern Australia.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Perciformes | | Family: | Kyphosidae | | Genus: | Scorpis | | Species: | lineolata | | Common Name: | Silver Sweep |
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