Blacktip morwong

Goniistius francisi

Twenty Seven Point Four Centimeters Cheilodactylid Fish of New Caledonia

Blacktip morwong is known from Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies
Family: Cheilodactylidae
Genus: Goniistius
Maximum length: 27.4 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Pacific: Lord Howe Is., Lord Howe Rise, Middleton Reef, and the Kermadec Is.; probably misidentified as C. vittatus from New Caledonia and Norfolk I., based on live photographs, and Elizabeth Reef on visual observations.

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