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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
GNATHANACANTHIDAE. The sole representative of this family, Gnathanacanthus goetzeei Bleeker,
1855, specified in the last century as the type of three different genera by Dutch, English and Australian ichthyologists, with type locality Tasmania (twice), Victoria, and endemic to southern Australian waters, is here made the subject of detailed investigation based on 15 individuals. Fin spines and rays are specified by rectified exponential equations.
Differential growth with age is recognized; consistent negative correlation of the lengths of fin spines and rays with overall length of fish occurs. Features not previously reported include: presence of a subrectangular fleshy intermandibular pad, not matched in other families of the suborder Scorpaenoidei; disposition of dermal papillae, known to be irregular on the head and body, in parallel rows on the fins; and intrusion beneath the upper margin of operculum of a slip of papillate integument.
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Published Papers
The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
