Species Batrachomoeus rubricephalus Hutchins, 1976

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• Batrachomoeus rubricephalus Hutchins, J.B. 1976. A revision of the Australian frogfishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4(1): 3-43 figs 1-17 [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.25082–001, Garden Island, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM I.18473-001; BMNH 1975.10.10.2; WAM P.159-001 skeleton; WAM P.1195-001; WAM P.4003-001; WAM P.4292-001; WAM P.5792-001; WAM P.6092-001; WAM P.7120-001; WAM P.7122-001; WAM P.7198-001; WAM P.14788-001; WAM P.25083-001 skeleton; WAM P.25123-001.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pseudobatrachus dubius (White, 1790) [misidentification of specimen from WA]. —
  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 [226]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eucla (31°43'S, 128°53'E) to Houtman Abrolhos Islands (28°53'S, 114°02'E), WA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, rock reef.

Extra Ecological Information

1 m - 50 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]

Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [51]

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Batrachoididae, Lophiidae. pp. 279-282 figs 250-251 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. [280]

Gomon. M.F. 2008. Family Batrachoididae. pp. 360 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [360]

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

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. [272]

 

Common Name References

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. [280] (Pinkhead Frogfish)

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [123] (Pink-headed Frogfish)

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