Red morwong

Red morwong
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latridae
Genus: Morwong
Species: M. fuscus
Binomial name
Morwong fuscus
(Castelnau, 1879)

The red morwong, Morwong fuscus, is a morwong, a species of fish found off southeast Australia and the North Island of New Zealand from shallow depths to 50 m, on rocky reef and coastal areas. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm.

Systematics

Although the red morwong is usually classified in Cheilodactylus, DNA studies published in the early 2000s recover Cheilodactylus fuscus as closer to the latrid genus Nemadactylus than to the Cheilodactylus type species. In the meantime, John E. Randall has recommended using the generic name Morwong for "C." fuscus.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Burridge, C.P., and White, R.W.G. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of the antitropical subgenus Goniistius (Perciformes: Cheilodactylidae: Cheilodactylus ): evidence for multiple transequatorial divergences and non-monophyly. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70: 435-458.
  2. ↑ Burridge and Smolenski (2004). Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 118–127.
  3. ↑ Randall, J. E. 2001. Family Cheilodactylidae. pp. 3329-3330. In: Carpenter & Niem 2001 (eds.) Species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). FAO, Rome. v. 5: iii-iv; 2791-3379, I-XXVII.
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