Species Chaetodontoplus ballinae Whitley, 1959
Ballina Angelfish, Arrow-backed Angel Fish
- Chaetodontoplus ballinae Whitley, G.P. 1959. More ichthyological snippets. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1957–58: 11-26, figs 1-9 [21].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.4233, Ballina, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known from few specimens caught off Ballina (28°52'S) and Evans Head (29°07'S), NSW and Lord Howe Island, Balls Pyramid and 40 km SE of Lord Howe Island; temperate, south-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Inshore, marine, rock reef.
Extra Ecological Information
25–200 m.
General References
Parker, P. 1994. The rediscovery of the Ballina Angelfish Chaetodontoplus ballinae, two new fish records for Lord Howe Island, Australia. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium August: 112-115
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [47] (1363)
Common Name References
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [228] (Ballina Angelfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Ballina Angelfish)
Whitley, G.P. 1959. Ichthyological snippets. The Australian Zoologist 12(4): 310-323 figs 1-3 [22] (Arrow-backed Angel Fish)
History of changes
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