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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Gonorynchidae Beaked salmons

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Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 31 cm SL
Gonorynchus abbreviatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Gonorynchus abbreviatus
No picture found

Max. Length 48.6 cm SL
 
Gonorynchus forsteri
Photo by Zsilavecz, G.

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Gonorynchus gonorynchus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Photo by Zsilavecz, G.
 
Gonorynchus gonorynchus
[Beaked salmon]
Photo by Randall, J.E.

South Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Gonorynchus greyi (Richardson, 1845)
Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Gonorynchus greyi
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Gonorynchus moseleyi
[Beaked sandfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gonorynchus abbreviatus Northwest Pacific 31 SL 1846
Gonorynchus forsteri Southwest Pacific. New Z 48.6 SL 1911
Gonorynchus gonorynchus Beaked salmon Southeast Atlantic 60 TL 1766
Gonorynchus greyi South Pacific 50 TL 1845
Gonorynchus moseleyi Beaked sandfish Eastern Central Pacific 30 SL 1923



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