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The Striped Butterfish (Selenotoca multifasciata) is also commonly referred to as the ‘Banded Scat’, ‘Striped Scat’, ‘False Scat’ and ‘Old Maid’. Its distribution is the warm waters of the Asian-Pacific region and it is known to occur from Australia to southern Papua New Guinea and across to New Caledonia. In Australia it is known to occur from Shark Bay in Western Australia around the north to Sydney in New South Wales. The body is coloured silver with black bars running vertically from the dorsal fin towards the middle of the body where they form into small spots on the lower body. It has very sharp fin spines and small scales. It can be found in large aggregations and schools of thousands can be seen each year in early winter in Port Stephens in the shallows of the estuary. The Striped Butterfish (Selenotoca multifasciata) grows to a maximum length of approximately 40cm.
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