What's been spotted in New South Wales?

Luvarus imperialis

Depth	4m

The sighting

Spotted by	Georgia Poyner
Region	New South Wales
Sighted on	6 Jan 2017

This species is correctly identified as a juvenile Louvar, Luvarus imperialis. It is known from all oceans from 60 deg N to 43 deg S latitude. It attains about 2m total length. It would be useful to know the size of the specimen photographed.

More info in link below:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d93edfab-9592-497a-9b1c-d00c22cb02bf

John Pogonoski
CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection, Hobart

John Pogonoski

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What's been spotted in New South Wales?

Luvarus imperialis

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