Species Rudarius minutus Tyler, 1970

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• Rudarius minutus Tyler, J.C. 1970. An especially small, sexually dimorphic new species of filefish (Monacanthidae) from Australasian reefs. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 122(5): 273-290 figs 1-8 [274, figs 1-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 109786, Endeavour Reef, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 109788; USNM 205024.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island (14°40'S) to Endeavour Reef (13°47'S), QLD; tropical, west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Monacanthidae. pp. 3929-3947 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3946]

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. [466]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [466]

 

Common Name References

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Monacanthidae. pp. 3929-3947 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3946] (Minute Leatherjacket)

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [265] (Little File-fish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Minute Leatherjacket)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)