Real photoREAL PHOTO

Congolli (Pseudaphritis urvillii)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
Congolli (Pseudaphritis urvillii) specimen
← Back to catalog

Pseudaphritidae

Congolli

Pseudaphritis urvillii

Pseudaphritid Fish beneath Australian Waters

  • Temperate
  • Transcontinental
  • Oceania
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

The congoli (Pseudaphritis urvillii), also known as the freshwater flathead, marble fish, marbled flathead, sand trout, sanding, sandy, sandy whiting or tupong, is a species of marine ray-finned fish. It is the only species of fish in the monotypic family Pseudaphritidae and the genus Pseudaphritis. It was initially classified as a member of the family Bovichtidae.

Maximum length
36 cm
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Oceania: southeast Australia, including Tasmania.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

Generating…