Blue Bastard (species: Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus
Blue Bastard


©James Kerry: Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus about 1 m long at Lizard Island (photo referenced by Johnson and Wilmer, 2015).

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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 and habitat preferences

It can be found in marine environments.

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References

  • Johnson, J.W. and J.W. Wilmer (07/2015). 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). 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)↱