Species Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes, 1836)
Yelloweye Mullet, Conmuri, Coorang Mullet, Estuary Mullet, Forster's Mullet, Freshwater Mullet, Pilch, Pilchard, Victor Harbour Mullet, Yellow-eye Mullet, Yellow-eyed Mullet, Yelloweye
- Mugil forsteri Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1836. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 11 506 pp. pls 307-343. [141] [ex Mugil albula Forster MS].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, New Zealand. - Dajaus diemensis Richardson, J. 1840. On some new species of fishes from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 25-30 [25].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Port Arthur, TAS. - Agonostoma lacustris Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [142].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Gippsland Lakes, VIC. - Agonostoma tasmanicus Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [142] [nom. nov. for Dajaus diemensis Richardson; although designation is vague only mentioning Tasmanicus in the description of lacustris].
- Aldrichetta forsteri neopilchardi Whitley, G.P. 1951. New fish names and records. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1949–50: 61-68 figs 8-10 [66] [based on Aldrichetta forsteri in Whitley, G.P. 1945. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 2. Australian Zoologist 11(1): 1–42 figs 1–15 (19 fig. 10)].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.2690–001, Bunbury estuary, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Thomson, J.M. 1954. The Mugilidae of Australia and adjacent seas. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1): 70-131 figs 1-16 pls 1-2 [115]
Generic Combinations
- Aldrichetta forsteri (Valenciennes, 1836). —
Whitley, G.P. 1945. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 11(1): 1-42 figs 1-15 [19] (changed combination as type of genus Aldrichetta) - Agonostomus forsteri (Valenciennes, 1836) [genus unjustifiably emended to Agonostoma by Günther 1861]. —
Ogilby, J.D. 1897. Some Tasmanian fishes. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1896: 69-85 [79]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [118]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Common along southern coast from Shoalwater Bay, QLD (22°26'S) to Shark Bay, WA (25°20´S) and throughout TAS, temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand).
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, inshore, mud bottom-marine, pelagic, sand bottom marine.
General References
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Mugilidae. pp. 390-394 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [391]
Harrison, I.J. & Senou, H. 1999. Order Mugiliformes. pp. 2069-2790 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2079]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [118] (as Agonostomus forsteri)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [106] (721)
Thomson, J.M. 1996. Family Mugilidae. pp. 191-197 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [195]
Thomson, J.M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(3): 457-562 fig. 1 [472]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (670)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications. [2235] (Forster's Mullet)
Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [127] (Freshwater Mullet)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [660] (FAO) (Yelloweye Mullet, Conmuri, Coorang Mullet, Estuary Mullet, Pilchard, Yellow-eyed Mullet)
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. [327] (Pilch, Victor Harbour Mullet)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [262] (Yellow-eye Mullet)
Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [114] (Yelloweye)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Yelloweye Mullet)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2015 | MUGILIFORMES | 07-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 20-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |