Aetapcus
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Family: | Pataecidae
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| Genus: | Aetapcus , 1936
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| Species: | A. maculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aetapcus maculatus (Günther, 1861)
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Aetapcus maculatus, the warty prowfish, is a species of Australian prowfish endemic to the coastal waters of southern Australia where it inhabits mostly rocky reefs. This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]
Distribution[]
Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, and south to Maria Island, Tasmania.[2]
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aetapcus maculatus. |
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Aetapcus maculatus" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.). Sydney: New Holland. ISBN 9781921517174.
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