Stigmatonotus Gill 2023, n. gen

[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.
Published as part of Gill, Anthony C., 2023, Taxonomic identity of the enigmatic Western Australian fish species Stigmatonotus australis Peters, 1877 (Teleostei), pp. 551-560 in Zootaxa 5296 (4) on page 553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7984390