Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Cockatoo Flounder
Cockatoo Flounder
Scientific Name: Samaris cristatus
Family: Pleuronectidae
Category: Righteye Flounders
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 15-200 ft. (5-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef

Fish
Bottom Dwellers
Righteye Flounders

Cockatoo Flounder

Stargazers
Clingfishes
Velvetfishes
Lefteye Flounders
Flying Gurnards
Stonefishes
Scorpionfishes
Frogfishes
Flatheads
seamoths
Lionfishes
Hawkfishes
Sand Flounders
Soles
Waspfishes

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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