Species Opistognathus elizabethensis Smith-Vaniz, 2004
Elizabeth Reef Jawfish
- 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
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Elizabeth Reef (29º56' S, 159º04' E), NSW; subtropical.
Australian Endemic.
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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