Image: Sharptail Sunfish washed ashore
N. Slater with a 1.7 m long Sharptail Sunfish, Masturus lanceolatus, washed up on a beach near Robe, South Australia, August 2007.
- Photographer:
- N. Slater
- Rights:
- © N. Slater
- Common name:
- Sharptail Sunfish
- Scientific name:
- Masturus lanceolatus
- Family:
- Molidae
- Order:
- Tetraodontiformes
Additional information
A small amount of muscle tissue from the fish is now in the Australian Museum ichthyology collection (AMS I.44396.001).
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Tags Fishes, Ichthyology, Sharptail Sunfish, Masturus lanceolatus, Molidae,
