Jan 22, 2025
Gurnards by William Nicholson (1931)
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Gurnards by William Nicholson (1931)
Creature Awaits #175
Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry. Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )
(More amazing underwater awesomeness captured by extremely-skilled photographer, Klaus Stiefel (CC BY-NC 2.0))
The Eastern Spiny Gurnard
Scientific Name: Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica
Region: Ocean Waters surrounding Australia
Size: About 7.9" (20cm) long
Interesting Notes: Like their other fellow gurnards, though they appear to effortlessly glide across the ocean floor from above, with a low enough camera, you can see these interesting fish actually "crawl" using a set of spines protruding from the base of their pectoral fins, as visible in the video taken by Dariusz Wakulinski below.