Species Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)
Eastern Smooth Boxfish, Blue Boxfish, Freckled Boxfish, Golden Boxfish, Polled Boxfish, Robust Box-fish, Robust Boxfish, White-barred Boxfish
- Strophiurichthys inermis Fraser-Brunner, A. 1935. Notes on the plectognath fishes. II. A synopsis of the genera of the family Ostraciontidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 16(29): 313-320 1 fig. [319].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1890.9.23.251, Port Jackson, NSW.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1869.6.7.6; BMNH 1890.9.23.252. - Strophiurichthys robustus Fraser-Brunner, A. 1941. Notes on the plectognath fishes. VII. The Aracanidae, a distinct family of ostraciontoid fishes, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 8(28): 306-313 figs 1-2 [310, fig. 2B].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1862.10.23.6, Australia.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1871.3.29.15.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Aracanidae. pp. 892-902, figs 788-794 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [895]
Generic Combinations
- Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935). —
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Aracanidae. pp. 892-902, figs 788-794 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [894]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Stradbroke Island, QLD (27°25'S) to Western Port, VIC (145°08'E); tropical, temperate, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [336] (also p. 343, end note 364)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, rock reef.
Extra Ecological Information
10–300 m.
General References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [508] (as Strophiurichthys robustus)
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Aracanidae. pp. 892-902, figs 788-794 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [894]
Matsuura, K. 2008. Families Ostraciidae, Tetraodontidae. pp. 842-856 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [844]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [59] (2393, as Strophiurichthys inermis, and 2394 as Strophiurichthys robustus)
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. [2496] (as S. robustus) (Golden Boxfish)
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. [895] (Eastern Smooth Boxfish, Blue Boxfish, Robust Boxfish)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [400] (Freckled Boxfish, White-barred Boxfish)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [487] (Robust Box-fish)
May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [413] (Polled Boxfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (]) (Eastern Smooth Boxfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |