Species Glossamia aprion (Richardson, 1842)

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Species Glossamia aprion (Richardson, 1842)

Mouth Almighty, Blanchard's Perchelet [sic], Blanchard's Perchlet, Flabby, Gill's Cardinal-fish, Gill's Cardinalfish, Glossamia, Gobbleguts, Northern Mouthbreeder, Queensland Mouthbreeder, Queensland Mouthbrooder, Soldier Fish, Stinker

Apogon aprion Richardson, J. 1842. Contributions to the ichthyology of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ns 9(55): 15-31 [16].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1972.6.8.1 half skin, King's River, Port Essington.
Apogonichthys gillii Steindachner, F. 1867. Über einige Fische aus dem Fitzroy-Flusse bei Rockhampton in Ost-Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 55(1): 9-16 figs 1-2 [11, pl. 1, fig. 1].
Type data:
Lectotype NHMW 35216, Fitzroy River, Rockhampton, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) NHMW 35217.
Subsequent designation references:
Gon, O. & Herzig-Straschil, B. 1996. Taxonomic status of Steindachner's Apogon australis and Apogonichthys gillii (Teleostei, Apogonidae). Copeia 1996(4): 1029-1031 [1031].
Mionorus lunatus Krefft, G. 1868. Descriptions of some new Australian freshwater fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 942-944 [for publication date McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1–534 [47, 141]] [943].
Type data:
Lectotype AM I.13611, Cox River, NSW.
Gulliveria fusca 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 [45].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD.
Gulliveria fasciata 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 [46].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD.
Apogonichthys roseobrunneus Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(3): 302-444 [348].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.16312–001, river in north QLD.
Apogonichthys longicauda De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(2): 389-400 [395] [generic name incorrectly spelled Apogonicthys].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, QLD.
Gulliveria ramsayi Macleay, W.J. 1884. Supplement to the descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(1): 2-64 [11].
Type data:
Holotype AM(MMUS) (possibly in AM A.4825-27), inland from Port Darwin.
Apogonichthys nebulosus Ogilby, J.D. 1908. On new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 21: 1-26 [15].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.1584, Edward Street Baths, Brisbane, Queensland.
Kurandapogon blanchardi Whitley, G.P. 1939. A new apogonid fish from Queensland. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 405: 1-4 fig. 1 [1].
Type data:
Holotype UMMZ 120387, Kuranda, north QLD.
Paratype(s) AM IA.7532-33; UMMZ 120388; USNM 109466.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Generic Combinations

Glossamia aprion aprion (Richardson, 1842). —
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] [141]
Glossamia aprion (Richardson, 1842). —
Gill, T.N. 1863. Catalogue of the fishes of lower California, in the Smithsonian Institution, collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15(2): 80-88 [82] (changed combination as type of genus Glossamia)
Glossamia aprion gilli (Steindachner, 1867). —
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] [141]
Glossamia gillii (Steindachner, 1867). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [175]

Introduction

Mionorus ramsayi Fowler, 1908 is sometimes listed as a synonym of this species, but it is a synonym of Vincentia conspersa. The confusion appears to be related to the similar name Gulliveria ramsayi Macleay, 1881, which is a synonym of Glossamia aprion.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread throughout rivers, creeks and lagoons from Fitzroy River, WA (17º43´S) to Burnett River, QLD (25º06´S) and as far south as Brisbane and possibly to Clarence River NSW (29º24'S), two old records from near Sydney, outside current range of species; tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, nocturnal.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1982. Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 86 pp. 6 figs 20 pls. [52]

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [180]

Allen, G.R., Hortle, K.G. & Renyaan, S.J. 2000. Freshwater fishes of the Timika region, New Guinea. Timinka, Indonesia : P.T. Freeport Indonesia 175 pp. [105]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [246]

Allen, G.R., Storey, A.W. & Yarrao, M. 2008. Freshwater Fishes of the Fly River Papua New Guinea. Tabubil, Papua New Guinea : Ok Tedi Mining 216 pp. [129]

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [827] (as G. aprion gilli)

Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [55]

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 [198]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [175] (and p. 173, as Apogonichthys roseobrunneus, p. 174, as Apogonicithys longicauda, p. 175 as Glossamia gilli)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [253]

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] [141] (886, as G. aprion aprion, 887, as G. aprion gilli and 888, as Kurandapogon blanchardi)

Pollard, D.A. 1996. Family Apogonidae. pp. 181-182 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [181]

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2004. Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 684 pp. [409]

Roberts, T.R. 1978. An ichthyological survey of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea with descriptions of new species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 281: 1-72 figs 1-39 [56]

Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1063]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [43] (976 and 928, as Kurandapogon blanchardi, 965, as Apogonichthys nebulosus, 967, as Apogonichthys longicauda, 977, as Glossamia gilli)