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CAAB: 37246035

Species Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley, 1948)

Tropical Hardyhead, Whitley's Silverside

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Wigram Island, NT (136º35'E) and Raine Island, QLD (11º35´S) to Moruya, NSW (35º55´S), also Holmes Reef (16º31'S) and Herald Cay (17º03'S), Coral Sea, and Lord Howe Island; tropical. Recorded from New Guinea by Allen & Erdmann (2012), but considered endemic to Australia by Sasaki & Kimura (2014).

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, pelagic.

 

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)
21-Jul-2014 ATHERINIFORMES 14-Jul-2014 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese
12-Feb-2010 (import)