Red morwong

Red morwong
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cheilodactylidae
Genus:	Cheilodactylus
Subgenus:	Morwong
Species:	C. fuscus
Binomial name
	Cheilodactylus fuscus; Castelnau, 1879
Synonyms
	Morwong fuscus (Castelnau, 1879); Goniistius fuscus (Castelnau, 1879); Cheilodactylus annularis Castelnau, 1879;

The red morwong (Cheilodactylus fuscus) is a species of marine ray finned fish traditionally regarded as belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, the members of which are commonly known as morwongs. It is found off southeast Australia and the North Island of New Zealand from shallow depths to at least 55 m, on rocky reef and coastal areas.^[2] Its length is between 30 and 60 cm.

Systematics

Although the red morwong is usually classified in Cheilodactylus, DNA studies published in the early 2000s recover Cheilodactylus fuscus as closer to the latrid genus Nemadactylus than to the Cheilodactylus type species. In the meantime, John E. Randall has recommended using the generic name Morwong for "C." fuscus.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Morwong fuscus". FishBase. June 2021 version.
^ Fetterplace, Lachlan C.; Turnbull, John W.; Knott, Nathan A.; Hardy, Natasha A. (28 August 2018). "Natural History Report. The Devil in the Deep: Expanding the Known Habitat of a Rare and Protected Fish". European Journal of Ecology. 4 (1): 22–29. doi:10.2478/eje-2018-0003.
^ Burridge, C.P., and White, R.W.G. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of the antitropical subgenus Goniistius (Perciformes: Cheilodactylidae: Cheilodactylus ): evidence for multiple transequatorial divergences and non-monophyly. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70: 435-458.
^ Burridge and Smolenski (2004). Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 118–127.
^ Randall, J. E. 2001. Family Cheilodactylidae. pp. 3329-3330. In: Carpenter & Niem 2001 (eds.) Species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). FAO, Rome. v. 5: iii-iv; 2791-3379, I-XXVII.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cheilodactylus fuscus". FishBase. September 2011 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

[Fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Morwong fuscus". FishBase. June 2021 version.

[Fett1-2] Fetterplace, Lachlan C.; Turnbull, John W.; Knott, Nathan A.; Hardy, Natasha A. (28 August 2018). "Natural History Report. The Devil in the Deep: Expanding the Known Habitat of a Rare and Protected Fish". European Journal of Ecology. 4 (1): 22–29. doi:10.2478/eje-2018-0003.

[3] Burridge, C.P., and White, R.W.G. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of the antitropical subgenus Goniistius (Perciformes: Cheilodactylidae: Cheilodactylus ): evidence for multiple transequatorial divergences and non-monophyly. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70: 435-458.

[4] Burridge and Smolenski (2004). Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 118–127.

[5] Randall, J. E. 2001. Family Cheilodactylidae. pp. 3329-3330. In: Carpenter & Niem 2001 (eds.) Species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). FAO, Rome. v. 5: iii-iv; 2791-3379, I-XXVII.

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