Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Cockatoo Flounder
Samaris cristatus
Cockatoo Flounder
Category: Crested Flounders
Scientific Name: Samaris cristatus
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 15-200 ft. (5-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Pleuronectiformes (Order) Flatfishes
     └Samaridae (Family) Crested Flounders
      └Samaris (Genus)
       └S. cristatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219818🔗
iNaturalist ID: 474266🔗

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