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Branchiostegus wardi
Ward's Tilefish (B. wardi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Malacanthidae
Genus:	Branchiostegus
Species:	B. wardi
Binomial name
Branchiostegus wardi Whitley, 1932

Branchiostegus wardi, or Ward's tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is found from Australia to New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea. This species reaches a length of 40 cm (16 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Alec Ward. He worked on trawlers in fairly deep water over the continental shelf and being a friend of the describer, he collected the type specimen and many other rare and interesting fishes while on board.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Branchiostegus wardi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Series EUPERCARIA (Incertae sedis): Families CALLANTHIIDAE, CENTROGENYIDAE, DINOLESTIDAE, DINOPERCIDAE, EMMELICHTHYIDAE, MALACANTHIDAE, MONODACTYLIDAE, MORONIDAE, PARASCORPIDIDAE, SCIAENIDAE and SILLAGINIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

• Dooley, J.K. and J.R. Paxton, 1975. A new species of tilefish (family Branchiostegidae) from eastern Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 99(3):151-156.

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