Banjos aculeatus Matsunuma & Motomura 2017

Summary:

A pale grey banjos with a darker back, a dark grey head, two large black spots or blotches on the soft dorsal fin, a dark semi-circular blotch on the pectoral-fin base, black pectoral fins, and a pale brown caudal fin with a narrow white margin and a broad black submarginal band.

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Bray, D.J. 2017, Banjos aculeatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5309

Banjos aculeatus Matsunuma & Motomura 2017

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Distribution	Coral Sea, off Townsville, Queensland, to off Newcastle, New South Wales, also the Capel Bank in the Coral Sea (AUS EEZ) and the Lord Howe Rise in the Tasman Sea (AUS EEZ). The species also occurs in the waters of New Caledonia.
Colour	Body pale grey, darker dorsally; head dark grey; eye dull yellow. Membrane of spinous dorsal fin pale brown, soft-rayed portion whitish; two large black rounded blotches anterodorsally on soft dorsal-fin membrane, anterior blotch subequal to orbit in size. Anal-fin membrane apparently pale brown but mostly damaged. Pectoral fin tinged with pale brown; dark semicircular blotch on base. Pelvic fin black. Caudal-fin pale brown, with broad black band posteriorly and narrow white margin.
Etymology	The specific name aculeatus is derived from the Latin word meaning 'spiny', alluding to the possession of a strongly serrated spine at the angle of the preopercle in this species.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017

Banjos aculeatus Matsunuma & Motomura 2017

References

Matsunuma, M. & Motomura, H. 2017. Review of the genus Banjos (Perciformes: Banjosidae) with descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies. Ichthyological Research DOI 10.1007/s10228-016-0569-9 Open access