Dr. Glen Whisson, Aqua Research and Monitoring Services, Australien
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Upeneichthys stotti is only known from southwestern Australia, from Albany (southwestern tip of the Great Australian Bight) to Shark Bay, a bay on the west coast of Australia, which the indigenous people, the Malgana Aborigines, call Gutharraguda, meaning “two bays” or “two waters.”
Upeneichthys stotti is a pink-orange sea bream that becomes more yellowish on the belly and more silvery on the lower half of the head, with two rows of purple spots from above the pectoral fin base to the caudal peduncle and three yellow stripes from the snout to the back of the head, with the spaces between the yellowish stripes being pale silvery -purple and forming 3-4 pale stripes on the head.
The species also has whitish barbels and pink-orange fins with irregular yellowish markings and bluish spots on the dorsal and caudal fins – the spots on the second dorsal fin are arranged more longitudinally on the outer half of the fin.
Similar species: Upeneichthys porosus (Cuvier, 1829)
Naming:
Chris Stott was described as an “honorary field assistant” to the Western Australian Museum. He was involved in the collection of two paratypes of this species, and the species name “stotti” was chosen in his honor.
Synonym: Upeneichthys stotti Hutchins, 1990
Upeneichthys stotti is a pink-orange sea bream that becomes more yellowish on the belly and more silvery on the lower half of the head, with two rows of purple spots from above the pectoral fin base to the caudal peduncle and three yellow stripes from the snout to the back of the head, with the spaces between the yellowish stripes being pale silvery -purple and forming 3-4 pale stripes on the head.
The species also has whitish barbels and pink-orange fins with irregular yellowish markings and bluish spots on the dorsal and caudal fins – the spots on the second dorsal fin are arranged more longitudinally on the outer half of the fin.
Similar species: Upeneichthys porosus (Cuvier, 1829)
Naming:
Chris Stott was described as an “honorary field assistant” to the Western Australian Museum. He was involved in the collection of two paratypes of this species, and the species name “stotti” was chosen in his honor.
Synonym: Upeneichthys stotti Hutchins, 1990
