Pelates sexlineatus, Adult, Night. Jervis Bay, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Pelates sexlineatus, Juvenile, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Pelates sexlineatus, Adult, Night. Jervis Bay, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Silver body with five or six brown stripes along side, slight spotting at base of the tail. It occurs most abundantly in weedy areas near the mouth of estuaries and is also present on sheltered coastal reefs.
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (26 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: GJ Edgar. 2008. Australian Marine Life. New Holland, Sydney
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