Yelloweye Leatherjacket, Pervagor alternans (Ogilby 1899)

Other Names: Bright-eye Filefish, Yellow-eyed Leatherjacket

A Yelloweye Leatherjacket, Pervagor alternans, at North Solitary Island, New South Wales, May 2016. Source: Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A pinkish-brown to dark brown leatherjacket with a bright yellow ring around the eye, a blackish band usually around the snout, an orange caudal fin, soft dorsal and anal fins spotted, clear or with a yellowish-orange base, and a dark brown pectoral-fin base.

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Yelloweye Leatherjacket, Pervagor alternans (Ogilby 1899)

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Distribution	Recorded in Australia from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to Bermagui, New South Wales, also Coringa-Herald Cay and Lihou Reef, in the Coral Sea, and Elizabeth Reef and Middleton Reefs, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the Western Pacific. Inhabits coral and rocky reefs in depths to about 15 m.
Features	Meristic features: Dorsal fin I-II + 31-34; Anal fin 27-31; Vertebrae 19. First dorsal-fin spine strong, armed with 2 rows of prominent, laterally-directed barbs. Posterior margin of ventral flap not attached to large and barbed pelvic rudiment. Scales on posterior half of body with spinules, number increasing with age; adult male with scale rugosities
Species Citation	Monacanthus alternans Ogilby, 1899, Proc. Linnean Soc. N. S. W. 23(4): 741. Type locality: Maroubra, NSW.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Yelloweye Leatherjacket, Pervagor alternans (Ogilby 1899)

References

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