Species Vincentia punctata (Klunzinger, 1879)

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External Links

• Apogon punctatus Klunzinger, C.B. 1879. Die v. Müller'sche Sammlung Australischer Fische. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 16(22): 254-261 [259] (described in more detail in Klunzinger, C.B. 1880. Die von Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische in Stuttgart. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Wien 80(1): 325–430 pls 1–9 [345]).

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM I.19302-001, King George Sound, WA; SMNS 2541 (a 102.5 mm specimen regarded as holotype by Gon, O. 1988. Redescription of the holotypes of Vincentia conspersa (Klunzinger, 1872) and Apogon punctatus Klunzinger, 1879 (Pisces, Apogonidae. Record of the South Australian Museum 14(1): 7–15, but it is not clear that he saw all material), King George Sound, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Vincentia punctata (Klunzinger, 1880). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [172]
• Gronovichthys punctatus (Klunzinger, 1880). —
  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] [144]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Two People Bay (118º11´E) to Shark Bay (25º21´S), WA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, marine, nocturnal, rock reef.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Apogonidae. pp. 557-561 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [561]

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Apogonidae. pp. 562-571 figs 499-506 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. [571]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [54]

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [34, 79]

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 [196]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [172]

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] [144] (900, as Gronovichthys punctatus)

 

Common Name References

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. [571] (Orange Cardinalfish)

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [129] (Southern Cardinalfish)

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] [144] (Spotted Gobbleguts)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Orange Cardinalfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Feb-2015	APOGONIDAE	15-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
09-Jan-2014	APOGONIDAE	23-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
12-Dec-2012		31-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED