Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus Johnson & Wilmer, 2015, sp. nov. ...

Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus sp. nov. New English name: Blue Bastard Figures 1–5, 14; Tables 1–5 Holotype. QM I. 39243, 536 mm, Boyd Bay, SW of Weipa, Queensland, Australia, 12°54.9’S 141°38.6’E, 0.5–3 m, rod & line with artificial fly, B. Bright, 24 Jun 2014. Paratypes. (n = 16) Queensland, Au...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Jeffrey W., Wilmer, Jessica Worthington
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Published: Zenodo 2015
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611231
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5611231
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Summary:Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus sp. nov. New English name: Blue Bastard Figures 1–5, 14; Tables 1–5 Holotype. QM I. 39243, 536 mm, Boyd Bay, SW of Weipa, Queensland, Australia, 12°54.9’S 141°38.6’E, 0.5–3 m, rod & line with artificial fly, B. Bright, 24 Jun 2014. Paratypes. (n = 16) Queensland, Australia: AMS I.46510-001, 439 mm, same data as holotype, 3 Jul 2014; QM I. 6496, 175 mm, Prince of Wales Island, 10°36’S 142°12’E, T.C. Marshall & E.G. Ogg, 9 Aug 1938; QM I. 39242, 423 mm, same data as holotype, 26 Jul 2014; QM I. 39295, 532 mm, same data as holotype, 8 Jul 2014 (skeleton, otoliths & tissue sample separate). Northern Territory, Australia: NTM S.11263-025, 182 mm, Coral Bay, Cobourg Peninsula, 11°12’S 132°03’E, 2–3 m, rotenone, B.C. Russell, 18 May 1983; NTM 16708-007, 5: 99– 142 mm, Bullocky Point reef, Darwin Harbour, 12°26.14’S 130°49.74’E, rotenone, H. Larson & party, 14 Nov 2008; Western Australia, Australia: BPBM 17384, 245 mm, Kendrew Island, ca 20°29’S 116°32’E, 4 m, spear, ... : Published as part of Johnson, Jeffrey W. & Wilmer, Jessica Worthington, 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), pp. 491-522 in Zootaxa 3985 (4) on pages 498-509, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/235386 ...