Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus
Blue Bastard
©James Kerry: Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus about 1 m long at Lizard Island (photo referenced by Johnson and Wilmer, 2015).
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Haemulidae
Genus
Plectorhinchus
Species
Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Plectorhinchus schotaf
Johnson and Wilmer (2015) found that Plectorhinchus schotaf appears to be restricted to the western Indian Ocean. Records of that species from the GBR are correctly referred to the new species they described, Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Johnson, J.W. and J. Worthington Wilmer (2015). Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus, a new species of sweetlips (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from northern Australia and the resurrection of P. unicolor (Macleay, 1883), species previously confused with P. schotaf (Forsskål, 1775), Zootaxa, 3985 (4): 491-522. LIRS catalog number 1916.