Whitenose Pigfish

The whitenose pigfish has a dorsal fin which starts over the centre of the eye and which contains 15 spines, with the fourth spine being the longest, and 9 soft rays. Unlike the species in the genus Congiopodus there are 3 spines, as opposed to none, in the anal fin and 6 or 7 soft rays. There are no scales on the skin. The forehead, first dorsal-fin spine, the anterior part of the snout and the tip of the chin are white, separated from the dark brown remainder of the head and body by a black stripe. This is a small species in which the type specimens were 160 mm (6.3 in) and 130 cm (51 in) in length.

The whitenose pigfish is endemic to southern and western Australia where there have been scattered records from the central coast of South Australia and off the southern and western coasts of Western Australia as far north as Port Denison. It is a reef associated, benthic species found on the continental shelf.

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The whitenose pigfish was given the specific name leucometopon by Waite, this is a compound of leuco, which means, "white" and metopon, meaning "forehead", an allusion to the white patch at the anterior part of the head. The genus name of Perryena was coined by Whitley and honours George Perry, the English naturalist who originally named the genus Congiopodus, which Waite had originally classified this species in.