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Areas of investigation

Description of new Australian species of Fishes
In an OzFishNet initiative, descriptions of 33 new Australian species of fishes were published in July 2004 in the Records of the Australian Museum. Papers can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.

  1. Allen, G. R. 2004. Toxotes kimberleyensis, a new species of archerfish (Pisces: Toxotidae) from fresh waters of Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 225-30. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1423_complete.pdf
  2. Burridge, C. P. 2004. Cheilodactylus (Goniistius) francisi, a new species of morwong (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) from the Southwest Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 231-34. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1425_complete.pdf
  3. Gill, A. G., and D. F. Hoese. 2004. Three new Australian species of the fish genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae). Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 241-46. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1428_complete.pdf
  4. Gill, A. G., and S. L. Jewett. 2004. Eviota hoesei and E. readerae, new species of fish from the Southwest Pacific, with comments on the identity of E. corneliae Fricke (Perciformes: Gobiidae). Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 235-40. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1427_complete.pdf
  5. Gomon, M. F. 2004. Two new species of roughy (Trachichthyidae: Optivus) from coastal waters of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 173-78. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1419_complete.pdf
  6. Gomon, M. F., and T. Sato. 2004. A new cucumberfish (Paraulopidae) of the Paraulopus nigripinnis complex from central eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 195-99. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1417_complete.pdf
  7. Hutchins, B., and S. Morrison. 2004. Five new fish species of the genus Alabes (Gobiesocidae: Cheilobranchinae). Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 147-58. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1426_complete.pdf
  8. Johnson, J. W. 2004. Two new species and two new records of aploactinid fishes (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 179-88. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1421_complete.pdf
  9. Kuiter, R. H. 2004. A new pygmy pipehorse (Pisces: Syngnathidae: Idiotropiscis) from eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 163-65. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1420_complete.pdf
  10. Kuiter, R. H. 2004. Description of a new species of butterflyfish, Roa australis, from northwestern Australia (Pisces: Perciformes: Chaetodontidae). Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 167-71. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1424_complete.pdf
  11. Last, P. R. 2004. Rhinobatos sainsburyi n.sp. and Aptychotrema timorensis n.sp. - two new shovelnose rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 201-8. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1415_complete.pdf
  12. Matsuura, K., and T. Yoshino. 2004. A new triggerfish of the genus Abalistes (Tetradontiformes: Balistidae) from the western Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 247-58. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1431_complete.pdf
  13. Munroe, T. A., and S. B. Menke. 2004. Two new soleid flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae: Soleichthys) from Australian waters, with a re-description of Soleichthys microcephalus (Günther). Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 189-94. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1430_complete.pdf
  14. Pietsch, T. W. 2004. A new species of the anglerfish genus Lophiocharon Whitley (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Australia waters. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 159-62. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1418_complete.pdf
  15. Smith, D. G. 2004. A new genus and species of congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 143-46. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1416_complete.pdf
  16. Smith-Vaniz, W. F. 2004. Descriptions of six new species of jawfishes (Opistognathidae: Opistognathus) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 209-24. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1422_complete.pdf
  17. Watson, W., and H. J. Walker Jr. 2004. The world's smallest vertebrate, Schindleria brevipinguis, a new paedomorphic species in the family Schinderliidae (Perciformes: Gobioidae). Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 139-42. http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1429_complete.pdf

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