Eyebrow Tuskfish, Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean 1907)

Other Names: Purple Eyebrowed Tuskfish, Zamboanga Tuskfish

Summary:

Body with a dark back, a pale lower half, and a red to reddish-brown wedge-shaped mark on the upper rear of the body. Eyebrow Tuskfish are usually caught on lines fishing deeper waters and are rarely seen by divers.
Specimens from off northwestern Australia (off Browse Island, North West Shelf, WA, & SE of "Tassie Shoal", Arafura Sea, NT) that had been identified as Choerodon robustus are large individuals of C. zamboangae (Gomon 2017).

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Bray, D.J. 2017, Choerodon zamboangae in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1930

Eyebrow Tuskfish, Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean 1907)

More Info

Distribution	Northwest of Karratha, Western Australia, to the Arafura Sea south of Evans Shoal, Northern Territory. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west Pacific. Inhabits deep outer reefs, and adjacent sand/rubble flats and weedy areas.
Etymology	The species is named zamboangae for the type locality, Zamboanga in the Philippines.
Species Citation	Choerops zamboangae Seale & Bean 1907, Proc. U. S. Natl Mus. 33(1568): 236, fig. 6. Type locality: Zamboanga, Philippines.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Eyebrow Tuskfish, Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & Bean 1907)

References

Cabanban, A., Pollard, D., Choat, J.H. & Russell, B. 2010. Choerodon zamboangae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187419A8530888. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187419A8530888.en. Downloaded on 03 September 2017.

Gomon, M.F. 2017. A review of the tuskfishes, genus Choerodon (Labridae, Perciformes), with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 76: 1-111 DOI: http://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2017.76.01 Open access