Species Opistognathus elizabethensis Smith-Vaniz, 2004

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• Opistognathus elizabethensis Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2004. Descriptions of Six New Species of Jawfishes (Opistognathidae: Opistognathus) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 209-224 [216, figs 3D, 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.27891-010, Elizabeth Reef, NSW [29°56'S, 159°01'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.27891-048; AM I.27152-014.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Opistognathus sp. —
  Gill, A.C. & Reader, S.E. 1992. Fishes. pp. 90-93, 193-228 in Hutchings, P. (ed.). Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific. Canberra : Australian National Parks Vol. 3, Kowari 230 pp. [22]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Elizabeth Reef (29º56' S, 159º04' E), NSW; subtropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

0.5–18 m.

 

General References

Gill, A.C. & Reader, S.E. 1992. Fishes. pp. 90-93, 193-228 in Hutchings, P. (ed.). Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific. Canberra : Australian National Parks Vol. 3, Kowari 230 pp. [22] (as Opistognathus sp.)

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2004. Descriptions of Six New Species of Jawfishes (Opistognathidae: Opistognathus) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 209-224 [216-218]

 

History of changes

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