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Pearl Perch
Glaucosoma scapulare
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Northern Pearl Perch
Glaucosoma buergeri
- Max size
- View in app
- Max weight
- View in app
- Max depth
- 146 m
- Found in
- 8 regions
How to recognise it
- Colours
- whiteblackbrowngreysilvergreen
- Body shape
- Standard, Compressed, Elongated
- Pattern
- Horizontal markings
- Family
- Glaucosomatidae
Description
Body silvery-grey with about 10 narrow stripes (becoming indistinct or completely disappearing with age), a broad dark band through the eye, a dark blotch on the back at the base of last dorsal-fin ray, fins greyish. The eye-band and narrow stripes are well defined in juveniles, and the stripes are much narrower than the pale interspaces.
Differs from the Pearl Perch (G. scapulare). in lacking the pearly suprascapular or "shoulder" bone.
Distribution
Western Pacific: Western Australia from Koks Island, Shark Bay northwards to Cape Talbot; Japan from Kochi Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands southwards and along the north China coast to Taiwan and Vietnam.
Similar species
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© Ian ShawAll rights reserved
Threadfin Pearl Perch
Glaucosoma magnificum
West Australian Dhufish
Glaucosoma hebraicum
Questions
Is Northern Pearl Perch dangerous?
Northern Pearl Perch has no known danger to humans. However, always observe marine life responsibly.
Where can you find Northern Pearl Perch?
How deep does Northern Pearl Perch live?
Northern Pearl Perch can be found at depths of up to 146 meters.
