Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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

Lizardfishes
Stargazers
Clingfishes
Velvetfishes
Lefteye Flounders
Jawfishes
Batfishes
Flying Gurnards
Stonefishes
Scorpionfishes
Sandperches
Dragonets
Frogfishes
Flatheads
Toadfishes
Sand Divers
Lionfishes
Sand Flounders
Soles
Hawkfishes
Waspfishes

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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