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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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Uses: no uses
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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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..

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

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

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Western Pacific: Australia, Coral Sea.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116322)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura, 2017. Review of the genus Banjos (Perciformes: Banjosidae) with descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies. Ichthyol. Res. 64 (3): [1-30] 265-294. (Ref. 116322)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).