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With its squarish head and wing-like pectoral fins the spiny
gurnard is an unusual looking fish that spends most of its time
on sandy seafloors - using its pectoral fins for walking and
looking for prey. It lives in shallow estuaries, bays and sheltered
coastal waters down to about 60 m depth and grows up to about
20 cm with a distribution from Perth around to eastern Victoria
and Tasmania. It has a large, white-edged black spot on its
dorsal fin and iridescent blue edging along the pectoral fins.
Young spiny gurnards may have large blue and yellow spots on
their pectoral fins as well.
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