Species Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Chrysophrys australis Günther, A. 1859. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 524 pp. [494].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1855.9.19.2 spirit (Haslar Collection), Australian seas; BMNH 1844.2.15.57-58 skin, Harvey River, Western Australia; BMNH 1846.10.22.21 skin (Purchased of J. Gould), Port Jackson, Australia; BMNH 1847.6.17.75 skin (H.M.S, Fly Expedition), Port Essington, Australia; BMNH 1848.10.25.26 skin (Purchased of Mr. Warwick), Australia; BMNH 1858.8.16.30 skin, Australia; BMNH 1863.1.15.25 skin, Australia
  Comment: Port Jackson designated as type locality by Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310–334 1 fig. pls 25–27 [318], but not a valid lectotype designation. According to Munro, I.S.R. 1949. Revision of Australian silver breams, Mylio and Rhabdosargus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12(4): 182–223 figs 1–5 pls 16–23 [205] the specimen from Port Essington is Acanthopagrus latus, but Larson et al (2013) listed as Acanthopagrus pacificus; clearly a lectotype needs to be designated.
• Chrysophrys australis Owen, R. 1853. Descriptive Catalogue of the Osteological Series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 1 350 pp. [59] (bones mentioned, but no description given) [nom. nud.].

 

Generic Combinations

• Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1256, changed combination cited, Owen 1853 as author)
• Mylio australis (Günther, 1859). —
  Munro, I.S.R. 1949. Revision of Australian silver breams, Mylio and Rhabdosargus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12(4): 182-223 figs 1-5 pls 16-23
  Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [82]
• Sparus australis (Günther, 1859). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [231]
• Pagrus australis (Günther, 1859). —
  Ogilby, J.D. 1893. Edible Fishes and Crustaceans of New South Wales. Sydney : Government Printer 212 pp. 51 pls. [51]
• Roughleyia australis (Günther, 1859). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [318] (changed combination as type of genus Roughleyia)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Townsville, QLD (19°13'S) to Gippsland Lakes, VIC (38°59'S); temperate; distribution details imprecise because of similarity to other species.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, estuary, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [102]

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 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. [2995] (recorded from Barrow Island WA, but record needs confirmation as specimen was collected in 1914)

Edgar, G.J. 2008. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland 2nd edn, 624 pp. [514]

Hsu, T.-H., Guillén Madrid, A.G., Burridge, C.P., Cheng, H.-Y. & Gwo, J.-C. 2011. Resolution of the Acanthopagrus black seabream complex based on mitochondrial and amplified fragment-length polymorphism analyses. Journal of Fish Biology 79: 1182–1192 [1184]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [62, 131]

Iwatsuki, Y. & Carpenter, K.E. 2006. Acanthopagrus taiwanensis, a new sparid fish (Perciformes), with comparisons to Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775) and other nominal species of Acanthopagrus. Zootaxa 1202: 1-19 [115]

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [311]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [193]

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [176]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [231] (as Sparus australis)

Munro, I.S.R. 1949. Revision of Australian silver breams, Mylio and Rhabdosargus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12(4): 182-223 figs 1-5 pls 16-23 (as Mylio australis)

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [82] (as Mylio australis)

Rowland, S.J. 1984. Hybridization between the estuarine fishes yellowfin bream, Acanthopagrus australis (Günther), and black bream, A. butcheri (Munro) (Pisces: Sparidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35: 427-440 [427]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1256)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [75]

 

Common Name References

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 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. [2995] (FAO) (Australian Seabream)

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [326] (Black Bream, Yellow-finned Bream)

Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [205] (Yellow-fin Bream)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [192] (Bream)

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [208] (Common Bream, Sea Bream)

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [82] (Sea Bream)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [75] (Yellowfin Bream, Blackbream, Seabream, Silver Bream, Surf Bream)

 

History of changes

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		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED