Species Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis (Günther, 1861)

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External Links

• Crepidogaster tasmaniensis Günther, A. 1861. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 3 586 pp. [507].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1852.1.5.41, TAS.
• Volgiolus interorbitalis Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological descriptions and notes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 68(3, 4): 114-144 figs 1-12 [141].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IA.677, Albany, King George Sound, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM IA.677
  Comment: holotype and paratype designated but it is not clear which specimen is the holotype.
• Aspasmogaster patella Scott, T.D. 1954. Four new fishes from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11(2): 105-112 figs 1-3 pl. 22 [111, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA F2788, Kingston Park, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA F2789.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hutchins, J.B. 1984. Description of a new gobiesocid fish from south-western Australia, with a key to the species of Aspasmogaster. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(2): 129-140 figs 1-5 [139]

 

Generic Combinations

• Aspasmogaster interorbitalis (Whitley, 1943). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [54]
• Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis (Günther, 1861). —
  Waite, E.R. 1907. Occasional notes. 5. The generic name Crepidogaster. Records of the Australian Museum 6(4): 315 [315]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mallacoota, VIC (149°45'E) to Geographe Bay, WA (33°37'S) and throughout TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, rock reef.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. 1984. Description of a new gobiesocid fish from south-western Australia, with a key to the species of Aspasmogaster. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(2): 129-140 figs 1-5 [139]

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 305-324, figs 269-289 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. [316]

Hutchins, J.B. 2008. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 722-741 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [734]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [32]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [477]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [359]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [54] (1995, and 1997 as Aspasmogaster interorbitalis)

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [477] (Tasmanian Clingfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Oct-2013	GOBIESOCOIDEI	09-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)