South Australian cobbler

Taxobox
name = South Australian cobbler
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Tetrarogidae
genus = "Gymnapistes"
species = "G. marmoratus"
binomial = "Gymnapistes marmoratus"
binomial_authority = (Cuvier, 1829)

The South Australian cobbler, "Gymnapistes marmoratus", often just called "cobbler" in Australia, is a brown coloured fish that lives in estuaries in southern Australia, both on the eastern (New South Wales) and western (Western Australia - near Perth) coasts. Its dorsal fin's spines are poisonous.

This species lies motionless through the day, becoming active at night, when the smaller ones eat shrimp and crabs, while the larger cobblers eat other fish. They spawn in August and September.

The submarine USS "Cobbler" (SS-344) was named after the fish.

Another cobbler is an unrelated species of catfish, also found in Australia. Some species of "Trachinotus" are also called "cobblers" in the Caribbean.

References

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External links

* [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Gymnapistes&speciesname=marmoratus FishBase entry for "Gymnapistes marmoratus"]
* [http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/gmarmoratus.htm Australian Museum article on the cobbler]