Bastard trumpeter

Bastard trumpeter
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latridae
Genus: Latridopsis
Species: L. forsteri
Binomial name
Latridopsis forsteri
(Castelnau, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Latris forsteri Castelnau, 1872
  • Platystethus huttonii Günther, 1876
Bastard trumpeter Latridopsis forsteri at Ile des Phoques, Tasmania
Latridopsis forsteri at Ile des Phoques

Latridopsis forsteri, the bastard trumpeter or copper moki, is a species of trumpeter native to the eastern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific Ocean around Australia(Robe, South Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales, and around Tasmania[1]) and New Zealand. This species is found at depths of from 20 to 160 metres (66 to 525 ft) over the continental shelf. It can reach a length of 65 centimetres (26 in) TL. This species is commercially important.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Edgar, Graham J. (2008). Australian Marine Life: The plants and animals of temperate waters (Second ed.). Sydney: New Holland. ISBN 9781921517174.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Latridopsis forsteri" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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