The bight redfish (''Centroberyx gerrardi'') is a member of the
order Beryciformes
The Beryciformes are a poorly-understood order of carnivorous ray-finned fishes consisting of 7 families, 30 genera, and 161 species. They feed on small fish and invertebrates. Beyond this, little is known about the biology of most member specie ...
. It is native to the waters off of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
's southern coast from off
Lancelin, Western Australia
Lancelin is a small fishing and tourist town 127 km north of Perth, Western Australia. It is within the Shire of Gingin at the end of Lancelin Road, and a few kilometres away from the scenic highway Indian Ocean Drive (State Route 60).
Lanc ...
to
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
where it lives at depths from . It can reach sizes of up to
TL.
References
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Fishes of Australia : ''Centroberyx gerrardi''
bight redfish
Fish of the Indian Ocean
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Marine fish of Southern Australia
bight redfish
bight redfish
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