Species Opistognathus macrolepis Peters, 1866

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• Opisthognathus macrolepis Peters, W.C.H. 1866. Mittheilung über Fische. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866: 509-526 figs 1-4 [520].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 6177, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Merogymnoides carpentariae Whitley, G.P. 1966. Notes on some Queensland fishes. The Australian Zoologist 13(3): 235-243 figs 1-5 pls 13-14 [240].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IB.7145, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM I.15557–212; CSIRO.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smith-Vaniz, W.F. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178. [1075]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (140°09´E to 140°43´E); tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, silt bottom-marine.

 

General References

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2004. Descriptions of Six New Species of Jawfishes (Opistognathidae: Opistognathus) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 209-224 [222]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bigscale Jawfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Nov-2012		23-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED