Swallowtail, Centroberyx lineatus (Cuvier 1829)

Other Names: Kingfish, Swallow-tail, Swallowtail Nannygai

Summary:

A medium-sized silvery-red Redfish with reddish scale edges forming narrow horizontal lines along the sides, a red eye, red fins, and pale upper and lower margins on the caudal fin.

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Centroberyx lineatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3744

Swallowtail, Centroberyx lineatus (Cuvier 1829)

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Distribution	ENE of Merimbula, New South Wales, to southwest of Shark Bay, Western Australia; not known from Tasmania. Elsewhere the species occurs in Japan. Forms schools near rocky outcrops, pinnacles and reefs in depths of 12-160 metres.
Features	Dorsal fin VI, 14; Anal fin IV, 14; Caudal fin 19; Pectoral fin 14; Pelvic fin I, 7; Lateral line scales 48-51. Body rather shallow (approx. 38% SL), moderately compressed. Head large (approx. 32% SL), with finely serrated bony ridges; eye large (approx. 40% HL); mouth large, oblique, reaching past centre of eye; teeth minute, broad band in upper jaw, narrow band in lower; operculum with serrated bony border. Scales fairly small, distinctly ctenoid, covering body, cheek and operculum anteriorly; lateral line straight; scales between dorsal fin and lateral line 7. Single dorsal fin of moderate length, positioned centrally on back with spines progressively increasing and rays progressively decreasing in length from front to rear; anal fin similar to dorsal fin in shape, opposite soft part of dorsal, ending slightly past posterior end of dorsal-fin base; caudal fin deeply forked, tips extended. Pectoral fins long and pointed, upper rays longest. Pelvic fins pointed, origin below pectoral- fin base.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin lineatus (= lined), in reference to the narrow lines along the side formed from the reddish scale margins.
Species Citation	Beryx lineatus Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1829, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 3: 226, pl. 60. Type locality: King George's Sound, Western Australia.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Swallowtail, Centroberyx lineatus (Cuvier 1829)

References

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