Species Acanthopagrus pacificus Iwatsuki, Kume & Yoshino, 2010

Museums

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External Links

• Acanthopagrus pacificus Iwatsuki, Y, Kume, M. & Yoshino, T. 2010. A new species, Acanthopagrus pacificus from the Western Pacific (Pisces, Sparidae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Series A 36(4): 115–130 [116] (figs. 1, 2A, 3A-D, 4A, 5A-B, 6).

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT -P.93818 ♀, Iriomote Island, Japan [24°21’32.4”N, 123°44’52.4”E].
  Paratype(s) FRLM 13420–13421; URM 1062-1063; MUFS 23438-23439.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Caeso berda (Forsskål, 1775) [misidentification]. —
  Taylor, W.R. 1964. Fishes of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4: 44-307 figs 1-68 [210]
• Sparus berda Forsskål, 1775 [misidentification]. —
  Paradice, W.E. & Whitley, G.P. 1927. Northern Territory fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(1): 76-106 figs 1-3 pls 11-15 [88]
• Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775) [misidentifiction]. —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1258)
• Mylio berda (Forsskål, 1775) [misidentification]. —
  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 [195] (in part, Australian and other Pacific material)
  Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [90]
• Chrysophrys hasta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [misidentification]. —
  Macleay, W.J. 1878. The fishes of Port Darwin. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 2(4): 344-367 pls 7-10 [351]
• 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] (misidentification of NT records only)
• Chrysophrys australis Günther, 1859. —
  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] (Port Essington syntype only)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Darwin, NT (130º48'E) to Port Clinton, QLD (22º33'S); tropical, west Pacific; most, if not all, the records from Australia of Acanthopagrus berda are misidentifications of this species

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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. [100] (as Acanthopagrus berda)

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [343] (as Acanthopagrus berda)

Bray, D.J., Hoese, D.F. & Paxton, J.R. 2006. Family Sparidae. pp. 1225-1230 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1226] (as Acanthopagrus berda, Australian distribution)

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. [2996] (as Acanthopagrus berda, in part, Pacific distribution)

Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [204] (as Acanthopagrus berda)

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]

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. [178] (as Acanthopagrus berda)

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [232] (as Sparus berda)

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [90] (as Mylio berda)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1258, as Acanthopagrus berda)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [72] (as Acanthopagrus berda)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [343] (as Acanthopagrus berda) (Pikey Black Bream)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [72] (Australian Marketing Name, as Acanthopagrus berda) (Pikey Bream, Black Bream)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Dec-2014	SPARIDAE	20-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-Dec-2012		14-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED