Silverbelly

About

The Silverbelly is a schooling species found in near rocky reefs and seagrass beds in bays, and coastal areas. The Silverbelly uses its protrusible mouth to poke around for invertebrates on sandy and muddy bottoms. Body deep, compressed, forehead convex, snout pointed with protrusible jaws; dorsal and anal fins long based, low at front, progressively becoming taller; tail base slender, caudal fin slightly forked. Silvery, darker above, scales with blue and yellow on lower scales, dorsal fin with a yellow margin.

Size

Usually 10 cm long head to tail tip cangrow up to around 21cm

Habitat

Sandy and muddy areas in coastal waters and bays, often near seagrass.

Distribution

Coastal waters of southern Australia

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Local Sightings

1 recorded sighting in and around the area.

References & citations (3)

1. Dianne J. Bray, Parequula melbournensis in Fishes of Australia (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)
2. The Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)
3. Bray, D. and Gomon, M. (2017) Parequula melbournensis Silverbelly in Museums Victoria Collections (accessed 2021-09-22 14:03:33)