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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. 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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