New Zealand Seashore

DSC_8480 Brown topknot (Notoclinus compressus) in red seaweed (Adamsiella chauvinii). Colour variable, but often reddish brown as seen here. Note the characteristic second spine in front dorsal fin is longest. Hides in seaweed, ussually shallower than 10m. Otago Peninsula *

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DSC_8480 Brown topknot (Notoclinus compressus) in red seaweed (Adamsiella chauvinii). Colour variable, but often reddish brown as seen here. Note the characteristic second spine in front dorsal fin is longest. Hides in seaweed, ussually shallower than 10m. Otago Peninsula *

DSC 8480 Brown topknot Notoclinus compressus red seaweed Adamsiella chauvinii Otago Peninsula