Glaucosoma hebraicum | |
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Glaucosoma hebraicum at the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acropomatiformes |
Family: | Glaucosomatidae |
Genus: | Glaucosoma |
Species: | G. hebraicum
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Binomial name | |
Glaucosoma hebraicum J. Richardson, 1845
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Glaucosoma hebraicum, the West Australian dhufish, Westralian jewfish, or West Australian pearl perch, is a species of fish in the family Glaucosomatidae, the pearl perches. It is endemic to the waters around Western Australia from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to the Archipelago of the Recherche at depths to 200 m (660 ft),[1] though typically they occur at depths of 20–50 m (66–164 ft).[2] This species is important to local commercial fisheries and is also popular as a game fish.[1][2]