Species Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther, 1861)

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• Atherina microstoma 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. [401] [derivation is apparently from the Greek mikros = small + stoma = mouth and is a noun in apposition].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1845.8.5.46 50 mm SL (largest in series), TAS.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1845.8.5.46.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [134] (fig. 10).
• Atherinosoma vorax Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [138].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Cape Schanck, VIC.
• Atherinichthys modesta Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [136] [in part].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP A.4731, Hobson's Bay, VIC.
• Pranesella endorae Whitley, G.P. 1934. New fish from Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 50(10): 241-242 1 fig. [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IA.5908, Altona, VIC.
  Paratype(s) AM IA.5904; AM IA.5909.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ivantsoff, W. 1978. Taxonomic and systematic review of the Australian fish species of the family Atherinidae with references to related species of the Old World. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Macquarie University, Sydney 701 pp. 118 figs. [355]
• Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [356]

 

Generic Combinations

• Taeniomembras endorae (Whitley, 1934). —
  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] [99] (678, changed combination)
• Atherinosoma microstoma (Günther, 1861). —
  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 [137]
• Taeniomembras microstoma (Günther, 1861). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1911. Report on the fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Part 1. Zoological (Biological) Results. Endeavour 1(1): 1-87 figs 1-20 pls 1-16 [32]
  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] [99] (676)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Hepsetia pinguisi (Lacépède, 1803). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [109] (a misidentification, in part)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Tuggerah Lakes, NSW (33º18´S) to western Eyre Peninsula, SA (135º17'E) and TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [141]

Ivantsoff, W. 1994. Families Atherinidae, Isonidae. pp. 375-383 figs 336-342 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. [378]

Kuiter, R.H. 2013. Pictorial Guide to Victoria's Freshwater Fishes. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics 178 pp. [95]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [108] (as Atherina microstoma, as Hepsetia pinguisi, in part, as Atherinosoma vorax)

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [132]

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] [99] (676 as Taeniomembras microstomus, 678 as Taeniomembras endorae and p. 100, 684 as Atherinosoma vorax)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] (608, and 606 as Atherinosoma vorax and 610 as Pranesella endorae)

 

Common Name References

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [91] (Small-mouthed Hardyhead)

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. [378] (Smallmouth Hardyhead)

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [137] (Greyback, Smallmouthed Hardyhead)

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] [100] (as Atherinosoma vorax) (Endora's Hardyhead, Fanged Hardyhead)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2014	ATHERINIFORMES	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)