Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus

Taxonavigation: Lutjaniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lutjaniformes

Familia: Haemulidae
Genus: Plectorhinchus
Species: Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus

Name

Plectorhinchus caeruleonothus Johnson & Worthington Wilmer, 2015

• Holotype: QM I.39243.
• Paratypes: AMS I.46510-001; QM I.6496, I.39242, I.39295 ((skeleton, otoliths & tissue sample separate); NTM S.11263-025, 16708-007 (5); BPBM 17384, 17385; CSIRO CA.1444, H.1481-6; WAM P.32170-020, P.33288-006.

Type locality: Boyd Bay, SW of Weipa, Queensland, Australia, 12°54.9’S 141°38.6’E, 0.5–3 m depth.

Etymology: From the Latin caeruleo for blue and nothus for bastard. ‘Blue Bastard’ has been the name commonly applied to this species by anglers for many years, so given for its blue sheen in life and difficulty to hook and land on artificial fly.

Vernacular names

English: Blue Bastard

References

• Johnson, J.W. & Worthington Wilmer, J., 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): 491–522. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.4.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.