Published May 30, 2023 | Version v1
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Stigmatonotus Gill 2023, n. gen.

  • 1. Macleay Collections, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Avenue, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Anthony. c. gill @ sydney. edu. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8990 - 3657 & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. & Ichthyology, Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia.

Description

[Stigmatonotus n. gen.

Body elliptical, moderately compressed; mouth deeply divided; preopercle serrated, opercle spined; suborbitals narrow, with large pores, unarmed; a band of small, pointed teeth on the jaws, vomer, and palatine bones; scales ctenoid, lateral line incomplete. One long dorsal fin with fewer spines than rays; anal fin with three spines; pelvic fin standing slightly in front of the pectoral fins, with a spine and five rays. Gill opening wide, with six branchiostegal rays; three and a half gills; free filamentous pseudobranchs. Lower pharyngeal bones separated from each other.

Notes

Published as part of Gill, Anthony C., 2023, Taxonomic identity of the enigmatic Western Australian fish species Stigmatonotus australis Peters, 1877 (Teleostei), pp. 551-560 in Zootaxa 5296 (4) on page 553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7984390

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gill
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Serranidae
Genus
Stigmatonotus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Stigmatonotus Gill, 2023