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Banjos aculeatus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2017

Eastern Australian banjofish
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Common names: Eastern Australian banjofish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality of Banjos aculeatus, ne Townsville, Townsville Trough. Known from the Coral Sea, from Townsville, Qld, (17°S) to Newcastle, NSW (32°S) and the Capel bank at 60-294 m (Ref. 116322).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura, 2017
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Banjosidae (Banjofishes)
Etymology: aculeatus: aculeatus, derived from Name from Latin 'aculeatus' meaning spiny, referring to the strongly serrated spine at the angle of the preopercle in this species..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 60 - 294 m (Ref. 116322).   Subtropical

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