Arrowhead Soapfish (species: Belonoperca chabanaudi) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Belonoperca chabanaudi
Arrowhead Soapfish


©craigjhowe: Belonoperca chabanaudi at an outer reef near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Serranidae
Genus Belonoperca
Species Belonoperca chabanaudi

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 15 cm (length according to Allen et al,2003)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Never recorded from the Lizard Island Group. Several records from explosive sampling at the outer reefs in the 1970s. (ALA accessed 2 Dec 2017).

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.