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Pseudogoniistius nigripes (Richardson, 1850)

Magpie perch
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Common names: Black-striped morwong, Magpie morwong, Magpie perch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Cheilodactylus nigripes, neotype from Western Australia, King George’s Sound (Ref. 120445). Known from southern Western Australia to southern New South Wales, including Tasmania (Ref. 9563, 120445).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Latridae (Trumpeters)
Etymology: Pseudogoniistius: Named for its superficial similarity with those of Goniistius, and for the confusion that this species has caused with morwong classification in the past (Randall 1983)..
  More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 25 - 65 m (Ref. 9563).   Temperate

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