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Species Zoramia leptacanthus (Bleeker, 1856)

Longspine Cardinalfish, Long-spine Cardinal, Long-spine Cardinalfish, Thread-fin Cardinal-fish, Threadfin Cardinalfish

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals (17º20' S) and Scott Reef (14º00' S), WA, Ashmore and Cartier Islands (12º15' S, 122º59' E), Lizard Island, QLD (14º40´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, nocturnal.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [108] (as Apogon leptacanthus)

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [417]

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. [142] (as Apogon leptacanthus)

Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203 [203]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [173] (as Zoramia graeffii)

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] [140] (884, as Apogon leptacanthus)

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [215]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [143] (as Apogon leptacanthus)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [143] (as Apogon leptacanthus)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [43] (958, as Zoramia leptacanthus)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
23-Feb-2015 APOGONIDAE 16-Feb-2015 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese
09-Jan-2014 APOGONIDAE 25-Nov-2013 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese
04-Nov-2011 04-Nov-2011 MOVED
12-Dec-2012 29-Oct-2011 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2010 MODIFIED