Species Nibea leptolepis (Ogilby, 1918)
Smallscale Jewfish, Smallscale Croker
- Sciaena leptolepis Ogilby, J.D. 1918. Edible fishes of Queensland. Parts 10–14. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 45-90 figs 16-26 [87, pl. 25].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.1534, Croker Island, NT.
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Chambers Bay (131º05'E) to Croker Island (132º33'E), NT; misidentified as Nibea soldado and therefore possibly more widespread; tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, estuary, inshore, mangrove.
General References
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [221] (as Sciaena leptolepis)
Sasaki, K. 2001. Sciaenidae. pp. 3117-3174 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3159]
Common Name References
Sasaki, K. 2001. Sciaenidae. pp. 3117-3174 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3159] (FAO) (Smallscale Croker)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Smallscale Jewfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Dec-2012 | 17-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |