Kyphosus cornelii
Kyphosus cornelii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Kyphosidae |
Genus: | Kyphosus |
Species: | K. cornelii
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Binomial name | |
Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Segutilum cornelii Whitley, 1944 |
Kyphosus cornelii, the Western buffalo bream, Cornel's drummer or the Western drummer, is a species of marine
Kyphosidae. It is endemic to Western Australia
.
Description
Kyphosus cornelii is similar to the
caudal fin have a pale margin with a dusky submarginal bar. The main difference from the silver drummer is the more distinctly forked tail and the pale caudal fin margin and the suborbital dark moustache.[2] It attains a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (28 in).[1]
Distribution
Kyphosus cornelii is endemic to the western coast of Western Australia where it is found from Shark Bay in the north to Cape Naturaliste in the south.[2]
Habitat and biology
Kyphosus cornelii is found on coral and rock reefs at depths of 20 metres (66 ft)
Taxonomy and etymology
Kyphosus cornelii was first formally
type locality given as the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago in Western Australia.[4] The specific name commemorates the Dutch apothecary, mutineer and murderer Jeronimus Cornelisz (1598-1691) who was shipwrecked on the merchant ship Batavia on the Houtman Abrolhos and subsequently prosecuted and executed for his murderous leadership of his fellow shipwreck survivors on the islands.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Kyphosus cornelii" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ a b c d e "Kyphosus cornelii". Reef Life Survey. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Ian M. Hamilton & Lawrence M. Dill (2003). "The use of territorial gardening versus kleptoparasitism by a subtropical reef fish (Kyphosus cornelii) is influenced by territory defendability". Behavioral Ecology. 14 (4): 561–568.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kyphosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (9 December 2020). "Name of the Week 9 December The fish named after a psychopath". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 December 2020.