Blue Bastard (species: Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus
Blue Bastard


©James Kerry: Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus about 1 m long at Lizard Island (photo referenced by Johnson and Wilmer, 2015).
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Haemulidae
Genus Plectorhinchus
Species Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Johnson, J.W. and J. Worthington Wilmer (2015). Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus, a new species of sweetlips (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from northern Australia and the resurrection of P. unicolor (Macleay, 1883), species previously confused with P. schotaf (Forsskål, 1775), Zootaxa, 3985 (4): 491-522. LIRS catalog number 1916.