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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Serranidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 37 311101 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Hypoplectrodes australis (Peters, 1877) |
Rank: | species |
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Taxon Notes: | Gill (2023) demonstrated that Stigmatonotus australis Peters, 1877 was conspecific with Hypoplectrodes cardinalis Allen & Randall 1990. As Stigmatonotus Peters, 1877 is a synonym of Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862, the correct name for this species is Hypoplectrodes australis (Peters, 1877). | ||||||
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Record source: | Gill, A. C. , 2023. Taxonomic identity of the enigmatic Western Australian fish species Stigmatonotus australis Peters, 1877 (Teleostei), Zootaxa, Vol. 5296, 4: 551-560. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5296.4.4 |