Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 48(1): 85-87 (1987)
ISSN 0814-1827
NEW AUSTRALIAN FISHES. PART 20.
A NEW SPECIES OF APLODACTYLUS (APLODACTYLIDAE)
By Barry C. Russell
Division of Natural Sciences, Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences,
PO Box 4646, Darwin, NT 5794, Australia
Abstract
Russell. B.C., 1987. New Australian fishes. Part 20. A new species of Aplodactyius (Aplodactyl-
idae). Mem. Mus. Vict. 48: 85-87.
Aplodactyius westralis sp. nov., from south-western Australia, is described. It is separable from
other species of Aplodactyius by the following combination of characters: lanceolate teeth, dis-
tinctly convex interorbital space, obtuse head profile, and recticulate pattern of pale markings
on the body and fins.
Introduction
The family Aplodactylidae presently contains
four species belonging to two nominal genera:
Crinodus lophodon (Giinther) from New South
Wales; Aplodactyius araidens Richardson from
New Zealand, Victoria, South Australia and Tas-
mania; A. etheridgii (Ogilby) from north-eastern
New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, Lord Howe Is-
land, Norfolk Island, New South Wales and Vic-
toria; and A. punctatus (Valenciennes) from Chile
and Peru. An additional species, Aplodactyius
westralis sp. nov., collected from south-western
Australia is described herein.
In the following description, morphological
values for the holotype are presented first and
ranges for the paratypes follow in parentheses.
Type specimens are deposited in the Australian
Museum, Sydney (AMS) and the Western Aus-
tralian Museum, Perth (WAM).
Aplodactyius westralis sp. nov.
Figure 1
Crinodus lophodon.-Mees, 1960: 16 (non Giinther).
Dactylosargtts arclidens. -Hulchms, 1979: 62, 97, pi. 47 (non
Richardson).
Dactylosargus sp.-Hutchins & Thompson, 1983: 48, 83. tig.
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