Australian Museum Journal Descriptions of six new species of jawfishes (Opistognathidae: Opistognathus) from Australia
- Shortform:
- Smith-Vaniz, 2004, Rec. Aust. Mus. 56(2): 209–224
- Author(s):
- Smith-Vaniz, William F.
- Year published:
- 2004
- Title:
- Descriptions of six new species of jawfishes (Opistognathidae: Opistognathus) from Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 209
- End page:
- 224
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1422
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 July 2004
- Cover date:
- 07 July 2004
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES
- Digitized:
- 07 July 2004
- Available online:
- 07 July 2004
- Reference number:
- 1422
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (11kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1576kb PDF)
Abstract
Descriptions of six new species of Australian jawfishes (genus Opistognathus) are presented: O. alleni n.sp. (Western Australia), O. seminudus n.sp. (Great Barrier Reef), O. stigmosus n.sp. (Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Plateau), O. elizabethensis n.sp. (Tasman Sea, Elizabeth Reef), O. verecundus n.sp. (northern Australia), and O. reticeps n.sp. (northern Australia). The nominal genus Tandya Whitley is discussed and provisionally synonymized with Opistognathus Cuvier. An identification key to all Australian jawfishes is provided.