Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Cockatoo Flounder
Samaris cristatus
Cockatoo Flounder
Category: Righteye Flounders
Scientific Name: Samaris cristatus
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 15-200 ft. (5-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Pleuronectiformes (Order)
     └Samaridae (Family)
      └Samaris (Genus)





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