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Acanthopagrus Butcheri
''Acanthopagrus butcheri'', the black bream but also commonly known as the southern black bream, southern bream and blue-nosed bream, is a species of marine and freshwater fish of the porgy family, Sparidae. It is a deep-bodied fish, occasionally confused with other similar species that occur within its range, but is generally distinguished from these species by a lack of yellow ventral and anal fins. Southern black bream are endemic to Australia, inhabiting the southern coast from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Ulladulla, New South Wales, as well as Tasmania. The species is primarily an inhabitant of estuaries and coastal lakes, rarely entering the ocean, as it cannot complete its life cycle in a fully marine environment. During the breeding season, the species is known to penetrate into the upper reaches of rivers to spawn, causing an influx of juveniles in the estuaries a few months later. Black bream are opportunistic predators, consuming a wide range of crustaceans, moll ...
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Ian Stafford Ross Munro
Ian Stafford Ross Munro (1919–1994) was an Australian Ichthyology, ichthyologist and Marine biology, marine biologist who worked for CSIRO from 1943 until his retirement. From 1963 he led the Gulf of Carpentaria Prawn Survey. He is honoured in the Specific name (zoology), specific name of the fish ''Crapatalus munroi''. See also *:Taxa named by Ian Stafford Ross Munro References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Munro, Ian Stafford Ross 1919 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Australian zoologists Australian ichthyologists Australian zoologists Australian marine biologists ...
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