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The Red Bass is red with brownish to black shading along the back and on the uppermost rays of the pectoral fin. It has a deep groove which runs from the nostrils to the eyes.
This species grows to 75 cm in length, and is common to 50 cm. It lives to an estimated age of 13 years.
The Red Bass feeds mainly on fishes but will also consume other prey such as crustaceans.
It occurs widely in tropical marine waters of the Indo-Pacific.
In Australia it is known from the central to north-western coast and islands of Western Australia and the northern Great Barrier Reef to southern Queensland.
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