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Aplodactylus westralis Russell, 1987

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 19; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 34.

Common Names

  • Cockatoo morwong , English , Australia
  • Western Australian seacarp , English , Australia
  • Western seacarp , English , Australia
  • 小口鷹 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 小口鹰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Centrarchiformes

    Family: Aplodactylidae

    Genus: Aplodactylus

    Species: Aplodactylus westralis Russell, 1987

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Indian Ocean: Rottnest Island to Twilight Cove, Great Australian Bight in Western Australia; Stenhouse Bay, York Peninsula, South Australia.

    • Biology

    Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Common in weedy reef areas (Ref. 9816, 86913).

    Habitat

    associated