Blacktip Morwong, Goniistius francisi (Burridge 2004)
Other Names: Masked Moki
A Blacktip Morwong, Goniistius francisi, at Comets Hole in the lagoon at Lord Howe Island. Source: Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution
Summary:
A whitish morwong with four dark diagonal bands - one through the eye to the pectoral-fin base, one from the nape to the pectoral-fin base, a broad band from before the dorsal fin to the pelvic fin base, and a broad band from behind the 4th dorsal-fin spine to the lower caudal fin lobe. The species also has a white anal fin, a black tip on the upper caudal-fin lobe, and black pelvic fins.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Goniistius francisi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2421
Blacktip Morwong, Goniistius francisi (Burridge 2004)
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Distribution |
Recorded from the Lord Howe Province and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, and may also occur in New Caledonia. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XVI-XVII, 31-34; Anal fin III, 8; Lateral line scales 64-66; Gill rakers 5-6+15-16, often 5+15. Body depth 2.83 in SL (2.57-2.76); pelvic fins reaching but not extending beyond the anus, 5.55 in SL (4.55-5.81); prominent bony knobs on the prefrontals and above the upperlip. |
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Etymology |
The species is named for Malcolm Francis, for his contributions to the biogeography of SW Pacific fishes. |
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Species Citation |
Cheilodactylus (Goniistius) francisi Burridge, 2004, Rec. Aust. Mus. 56: 232, fig. 1. Type locality: off Phillip Point, Lord Howe Island, 31°32'S, 159°04'E, depth 100 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Blacktip Morwong, Goniistius francisi (Burridge 2004)
References
Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 (misidentified as Goniistius gibbosus)
Burridge, C.P. 2004. Cheilodactylus (Goniistius) francisi, a new species of morwong (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) from the southwest Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 231-234. DOI 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1425 Open access
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2. (as Cheilodactylus vittatus)
Francis, M. 2001. Coastal Fishes of New Zealand. Auckland : Reed Publishing (NZ) 3, 103 pp. (as Cheilodactylus sp.)
Gill, A.C. & Reader, S.E. 1992. Fishes. pp. 90-93 in Hutchings, P. (ed.). Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific. Canberra : Australian National Parks Vol. 3, Kowari 230 pp. (as Cheilodactylus vittatus)
Kimura, K., H. Imamura, H. & Kawai, T. 2018. Comparative morphology and phylogenetic systematics of the families Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea), and proposal of a new classification. Zootaxa 4536(1): 1-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4536.1.1
Ludt, W.B., Burridge, C.P. & Chakrabarty, P. 2019. A taxonomic revision of Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Centrarchiformes: Cirrhitoidei) using morphological and genomic characters. Zootaxa 4585 (1): 121–141, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.7
Oxley, W.G., Ayling, A.M., Cheal, A.J. & Osborne, K. 2004. Marine surveys undertaken in the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve, December 2003. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Sciences 64 pp. (as Goniistius vittatus)
Randall, J.E. 2001. Cirrhitidae, Cheilodactylidae. pp. 3321-3330 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. (in part as Goniistius vittatus)
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Roberts, C.D. 2015. 199 Family Cheilodactylidae, pp. 1347-1357, in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. (eds). The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 4 pp. 1153-1748. (as Cheilodactylus francisi)
