Plumbstriped Stingfish, Minous versicolor Ogilby 1910
Other Names: Black-banded Wasp-fish, Plumb-striped Stingfish, Plum-striped Stingfish, Plum-striped Wasp-fish
A Plumbstriped Stingfish, Minous versicolor. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Minous versicolor in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Nov 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4056
Plumbstriped Stingfish, Minous versicolor Ogilby 1910
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Distribution |
Shark Bay, Western Australia, to off the Clarence River, New South Wales. Elsewhere, the species occurs in New Guinea. |
Species Citation |
Minous versicolor Ogilby 1910, Endeavour Series No. 1 23: 85-139 [originally intended for publication in Proc. R. Soc. Qld] [111]. Type data: Syntype(s) AM E.2736, 7 miles north-northeast of Bowen, off Cape Gloucester, QLD, 26 fathoms |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Plumbstriped Stingfish, Minous versicolor Ogilby 1910
References
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Ogilby, J.D. 1910. On some new fishes from the Queensland coast. Endeavour Series No. 1 23: 85-139
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Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.