Species Batrachomoeus dubius (White, 1790)
Eastern Frogfish, Blotchtail Toadfish, Brown Frogfish, Dubious Frogfish
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, near Sydney, NSW.- Pseudobatrachus striatus Castelnau, F.L. de 1875. Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2. pp. 1–52 in, Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 : Official Record. Melbourne. [24] [a queried synonym].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Cape York, QLD. - Thalassophryne coeca De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 537-547 [547].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, QLD. - Pelophiletor caloundrae Ogilby, J.D. 1906. Honorary curator's report. Amateur Fishing Club Association of Queensland. Annual Report 1905–6: 3-13 [9] [nom. nud.].
- Batrachomoeus minor Ogilby, J.D. 1908. Revision of the Batrachoididae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 9(2): 43-57 [47].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.1564 (ex AFAQ 348), Moreton Bay, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hutchins, J.B. 1976. A revision of the Australian frogfishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4(1): 3-43 figs 1-17 [27]
Generic Combinations
- Batrachomoeus coecus (De Vis, 1884). —
Ogilby, J.D. 1907. Honorary curator's report and list of specimens. Amateur Fishing Club Association of Queensland. Annual Report 1906–7(3): 8-14 [10] - Batrachomoeus dubius (White, 1790). —
Whitley, G.P. 1957. A kennel of frogfishes. Australian Museum Magazine 12(5): 139-142 [139] - Pseudobatrachus dubius (White, 1790). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1914. Notes on some Western Australian fishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 211-227 fig. 1 pls 19-31 [224]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [358] - Batrachus dubius (White, 1790). —
Richardson, J. 1844. Ichthyology. pp. 1-16 pls 1-6, 7-8 (parts), 9-10 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2. [16]
Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(4): 510-629 pls 13-14 [572]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Swains Reefs, QLD (21°08'S, 152°05'E) to Kiama, NSW (34°39'S, 150°51'E); subtropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [310]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, estuary, inshore, rock reef, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
0 m - 150 m
General References
Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Family Batrachoididae. pp. 629-632 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [630]
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [138]
Greenfield, D.W. 1999. Family Batrachoididae. pp. 1999-2003 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [2002]
Greenfield, D.W., Winterbottom, R. & Collette, B.B. 2008. Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 59(15): 665-710 [Date published 31 Dec.] [681]
Hutchins, J.B. 1976. A revision of the Australian frogfishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4(1): 3-43 figs 1-17 [27-30]
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [723]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [358] (as Pseudobratrachus dubius and P. striatus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [54] (1989)
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [52] (Dubious Frogfish)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [512] (Brown Frogfish)
Greenfield, D.W. 1999. Family Batrachoididae. pp. 1999-2003 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [2002] (FAO) (Blotchtail Toadfish)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [123] (Eastern Frogfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Eastern Frogfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2015 | BATRACHOIDIFORMES | 11-Nov-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |