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Austrolabrus maculatus (Macleay, 1881)

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Austrolabrus maculatus
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Common names: Black-spotted parrot fish, Blackspotted wrasse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: New South Wales, Seal Rocks, AMS I.18297-004; Port Stephens, AMS I.19252-001; Sydney Harbour, AMS I.18243-001. South Australia, Kangaroo I., AMS I.20195-003; Point Sinclair, AMS I.17782-001. Western Australia, Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grande, AMS I.20223-007; King George Sound, AMS IA.642, I.16367-001 (holotype of L. maculata), WAM P.6290; Cape Naturaliste, AMS I.20223-005; Geographe Bay, AMS I.19602-006; Cockburn Sound, AMS I.20229-003; Rottnest I., AMS I.20239-006; Beacon I., Abrolhos I., WAM P.25307-009; Long I., Abrolhos I., WAM P.25316-002 (Ref. 26203).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Austrolabrus: Composed from Austro = the south + Greek, labros = furious (Ref. 45335);  maculatus: From the Latin 'macula' meaning spot, referring to the dark spots on the body..
  More on author: Macleay.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 40 m (Ref. 26203).   Temperate

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