Species Ambassis elongata (Castelnau, 1878)
Elongate Glassfish, Yellow Fin Perchlet, Yellow-fin Perchlet
- Pseudoambassis elongatus Castelnau, F.L. de 1878. Notes on the fishes of the Norman River. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 3(1): 41-51 [44] [Ambassis is apparently feminine and elongatus, a past participle, which must agree in gender with the genus,consequently elongata is the correct spelling; often incorrectly spelled elongatus].
Type data:
Lectotype MMUS F.431 29 mm SL, Norman River, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) MMUS F.431 1 specimen, 22.5 mm SL, same data as Holotype.Subsequent designation references:
Whitley, G.P. 1935. Fishes from Princess Charlotte Bay, North Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(3): 345-365 figs 1-11 [358] (lectotype indicated on figure 6 of 52 mm SL specimen); Gill, A.C., Russell, B.C. & Nelson, G. 2018. F.L. de Castelnau’s Norman River fishes housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. Zootaxa 4459(3): 565-574 [568].
Generic Combinations
- Ambassis elongatus (Castelnau, 1878). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [196]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Austrochanda macleayi (Castelnau, 1878) [misidentification, in part; regarded Ambassis elongata as a junior synonym]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1935. Fishes from Princess Charlotte Bay, North Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(3): 345-365 figs 1-11 [357]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from O´Shannessy River (138º45´E), Leichardt River (139º49´E), Norman River (141º08´E), QLD in the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage and Torres Strait islands; tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Plains (GUP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
General References
Allen, G.R. & Burgess, W.E. 1990. A review of the glass-fishes (Ambassidae) of Australia and New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 34: 139-206 [162]
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] [152] (933)
Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1062]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] (as Austrochanda macleayi, in part, regarded Ambassis elongata as a junior synonym)
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. [182] (Elongate Glassfish)
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [205] (Yellow-fin Perchlet)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [192] (Yellow Fin Perchlet)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Elongate Glassfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 14-Nov-2012 | 13-Nov-2019 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |