Smallscale Bullseye, Pempheris compressa (White 1790)
A Small-scale Bullseye, Pempheris compressa, at North West Solitary Island, New South Wales. Source: Ian V. Shaw / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution
Endemic to eastern Australia, the Smallscale Bullseye is bronze to coppery-brown with a dusky bar behind the head from the lateral line through the pectoral-fin base, a yellowish stripe along the lateral line, a blackish leading edge to the dorsal fin and a brownish anal-fin.
Smallscale Bullseye, Pempheris compressa (White 1790)
More Info
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Distribution |
Endemic to southeastern Australia from Byron Bay, New South Wales, to GAbo Island, Victoria. Adults occur in large schools on offshore reefs, whereas juveniles inhabit rocky reefs along the coast and in the outer parts of estuaries. |
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Remarks |
Records from New Zealand are misidentifications (Mooi 2000). |
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Species Citation |
Sparus compressus White, 1790, Voy. New South Wales: 267, pl. 53(2). Type locality: between Botany Bay and Broken Bay, New South Wales. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Smallscale Bullseye, Pempheris compressa (White 1790)
References
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Mooi, R.D. &. Jubb, R.N. 1996. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Pempheris (Pisces: Pempheridae) from Australia, with a provisional key to Australian species. Records of the Australian Museum 48(2): 117-130.
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