Species Antigonia rubescens (Günther, 1860)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Hypsinotus rubescens Günther, A. 1860. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. London : British Museum Vol. 2 548 pp. [63] [based on Hypsinotus in Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1844. Pisces. pp. 73–112 pls 37–59, 60 (in part) in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(5–6) . (84 pl. 42 (2))].

  Type data:

   Holotype (destroyed), Sea of Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Antigonia rubescens (Günther, 1860).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Shark Bay, WA (26°S) to north of Melville Island, NT (12°S, 131°E); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

145-435m.

 

General References

Fraser-Brunner, A. 1950. Note on the fishes of the genus Antigonia (Caproidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3(64): 721-724 [724]

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.

Heemstra, P.C. 1999. Families Parazenidae, Macrocyttidae, Zeidae, Grammicolepididae, Caproidae. pp. 2257-2261 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. [2261]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [26]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Caproidae. pp. 801-803 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. [803]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [395]

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase, FAO) (Indo-Pacific Boarfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Sharpsnout Deepsea Boarfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-May-2012		04-May-2012	MOVED
05-Feb-2013		21-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
20-May-2011		20-May-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED