What's been spotted in Tasmania?

Trachipterus arawatae (Southern Ribbonfish)

Adventure Bay beach, Bruny Island. Oliver Byrne caught this Southern Ribbon Fish

Weight	1.500kg
Depth	2m

The sighting

Spotted by	Oliver Byrne
Region	Tasmania
Sighted on	10 Jan 2015

This sighting has been reviewed and verfied.
It is not out of range for this species though. Could well be a trawl bycatch.

Neville Barrett

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

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