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) Queensl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Johnson, Jeffrey W., Wilmer, Jessica Worthington
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Haemulidae
Plectorhinchus
Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus
Bello
Broome
Coral Bay
Monte Bello
Morrison
Observation Hill
Prince of Wales Island
Queensland
Randall
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5611231
https://doi.org/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, J.E. Randall, 12 Oct 1973; BPBM 17385, 363 mm, W side of Kendrew Island, ca 20 ° 29 ’S 116 ° 32 ’E, 12 m, spear, J.E. Randall, 13 Oct 1973; CSIRO CA. 1444, 291 mm, Monte Bello Islands, ca 20 ° 30 ’S 115 ° 30 ’E, spear, CSIRO, 11 Dec 1979; CSIRO H. 1481-6, 525 mm, N of Cape Preston, 20 ° 33.2 ’S 116 °08.9’E to 20 ° 33.7 ’S 116 °07.1’E, demersal trawl, 30 m, CSIRO, 25 Sep 1988; WAM P. 32170 -020, 110 mm, Riddell Beach, tidal rock pool, Broome, 17 ° 59 ’S 122 ° 11 ’E, rotenone, A. Williams, 13 May 1982; WAM P. 33288 -006, 169 mm, Montgomery Reef, SW corner, intertidal mid-littoral fore-reef ramp tide pools, 16 °00.865’S 124 ° 10.389 ’E, 0–0.5 m, rotenone, S. Morrison & J. Johnson, 20 Oct 2009. Non-types. (n = 5) Queensland, Australia: QM I.34724, 36 mm, Sweers Island, east side, rockpool north of Observation Hill, 17 °07.9’S 139 ° 36.9 ’E, rocky overhangs, crevices, brown macroalgae & fine sand, 0.1 –1.0 m, rotenone, J. Johnson & A. Gill, 19 Nov 2002. Western Australia, ...

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