Species Arripis truttaceus (Cuvier, 1829)
Western Australian Salmon, Australian Salmon, Bay Trout, Black Back, Blackback, Buck Salmon, Cockie Salmon, Cocky Salmon, Colonial Salmon, Jack Salmon, Jacky, Kahawais, Lumpy, Ocean Trout, Poundies, Salmon, Salmon Trout, Southern Australian Salmon, Trout, West Australian Salmon
- Centropristes truttaceus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 3 500 pp., pls 41-71. [50] [as Centropristes? Truttaceus].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 6984, Westernport, VIC.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 6987; MNHP B.2913.Subsequent designation references:
Bauchot, M.-L. & Desoutter, M. 1989. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Suite) Sous-ordre des Percoidei (Familles des Aplodactylidae, Apolectidae, Arripidae, Cepolidae, Cheilodactylidae, Chironemidae, Cirrhitidae, Echeneidae, Enoplosidae, Embiotocidae, Gerreidae, Lactariidae, Latrididae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Malacanthidae, Menidae, Nandidae, Oplegnathidae, Owstoniidae, Pomatomidae et Rachycentridae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 11(2): 1-58 [8] (lectotype designation as unique holotype but type material listed as syntypes by Paulin, C. 1993. Review of the Australasian fish family Arripidae (Percomorpha), with the description of a new species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44(2): 459–471). - Arripis trutta esper Whitley, G.P. 1951. New fish names and records. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1949–50: 61-68 figs 8-10 [66].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.12841, Fremantle, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Paulin, C. 1993. Review of the Australasian fish family Arripidae (Percomorpha), with the description of a new species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44(2): 459-471 [465]
Generic Combinations
- Arripis esper (Whitley, 1951). —
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [364]
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [182]
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [350] - Arripis truttaceus (Cuvier, 1829). —
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [62]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Arripis trutta Forster, 1801 [misidentification]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [200]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South-eastern to south-western Australia from off Greenwell Point, NSW (34°54'S) to Geraldton, WA (28°46'S) and TAS; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Distribution References
- Chubb, C.F., Hutchins, J.B., Lenanton, R.C.J. & Potter, I.C. 1979. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Swan-Avon river system, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(1): 1-55 [28] (as Arripis trutta esper)
- Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6 [47]
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, inshore, marine, nectonic, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Forms large migratory coastal schools.
General References
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Monodactylidae, Arripidae, Kyphosidae, Girellidae, Microcanthidae, Scorpididae. pp. 596-607 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [597-598]
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [182] (as A. esper)
Malcolm, W.B. 1969. The populations of Australian 'Salmon', Arripis trutta (Bloch & Schneider), in Australian waters. Marine and Freshwater Research 10(1): 22-29 (western subspecies, as Arripis trutta esper)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [200] (as A. trutta, in part)
Paulin, C. 1993. Review of the Australasian fish family Arripidae (Percomorpha), with the description of a new species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44(2): 459-471 [465]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] (1086, as A. trutta esper)
Common Name References
Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [289] (Western Australian Salmon)
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. [595] (Australian Salmon, Bay Trout, Buck Salmon, Cockie Salmon, Cocky Salmon, Colonial Salmon, Jack Salmon, Jacky, Kahawais, Lumpy, Ocean Trout, Poundies, Salmon, Salmon Trout, Southern Australian Salmon, Trout, West Australian Salmon)
Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 238 pp. [5] (Black Back)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western Australian Salmon)
History of changes
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