Image: Papuan Jawfish with lure
A Papuan Jawfish caught on hook and line by M. Calcutt in murky water, Embley River System, near Weipa, Queensland, October 2002.
- Photographer:
- M. Calcutt
- Rights:
- © M. Calcutt
- Common name:
- Papuan Jawfish
- Scientific name:
- Opistognathus papuensis
- Family:
- Opistognathidae
- Order:
- Perciformes
Additional information
After the hook was removed the fish "walked" off the deck back into the water.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Opistognathus papuensis, Papuan Jawfish, Opistognathidae,
