Stigmatonotus, Gill, 2023

Gill, Anthony C., 2023, Taxonomic identity of the enigmatic Western Australian fish species Stigmatonotus australis Peters, 1877 (Teleostei), Zootaxa 5296 (4), pp. 551-560 : 553

[ Stigmatonotus n. gen.

Body elliptical, moderately compressed; mouth deeply divided; preopercle serrated, opercle spined; suborbitals narrow, with large pores, unarmed; a band of small, pointed teeth on the jaws, vomer, and palatine bones; scales ctenoid, lateral line incomplete. One long dorsal fin with fewer spines than rays; anal fin with three spines; pelvic fin standing slightly in front of the pectoral fins, with a spine and five rays. Gill opening wide, with six branchiostegal rays; three and a half gills; free filamentous pseudobranchs. Lower pharyngeal bones separated from each other.