Genus Scortum Whitley, 1943

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External Links

• Scortum Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 167-187 figs 1-10 [183].

  Type species:

   Therapon parviceps Macleay, 1883 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN) ; NT: Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls.

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp.

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs.

Vari, R.P. 1978. The terapon perches (Percoidei, Terapontidae) a cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159(5): 175-340 figs 1-94

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2012		05-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED