Biology:Dactylophora nigricans

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Dactylophora nigricans
Dactylophora nigricans P1142343.JPG
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Centrarchiformes
Family:
Genus:
Dactylophora

De Vis, 1883
Species:
D. nigricans
Binomial name
Dactylophora nigricans
(J. Richardson, 1850)

Dactylophora nigricans, the Dusky morwong, is a species of morwong native to the western and southern coastal reefs of Australia where it is found down to about 60 metres (200 ft) in depth. This species grows to a length of 120 centimetres (47 in) TL and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

Systematics

The dusky morwong used to be assigned to Cheilodactylidae, but a 2004 DNA analysis found it to be closer to Latris than to Cheilodactylus, prompting its reclassification in Latridae.[2]

Distribution

Lancelin, Western Australia, to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, and south to Maria Island, Tasmania.[3]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dactylophora nigricans" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. Burridge, Christopher P.; Smolenski, Adam J. (2004). "Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30 (1): 118–127. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00157-X. 
  3. Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.). Sydney: New Holland. ISBN 9781921517174. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2727813 entry