Species Notolabrus tetricus (Richardson, 1840)
Bluethroat Wrasse, Blue-throat Parrot Fish, Blue-throat Parrotfish, Blue-throat Wrasse, Blue-throated Parrotfish, Blue-throated Wrasse, Bluehead, Bluehead Parrotfish, Bluenose, Bluenose Parrotfish, Bluethroat Parrotfish, Bluethroated Parrotfish, Bluethroated Wrasse, Kelpie, Lilac Banded Parrotfish, Rocky Bream, Rocky Cod, Rocky Winter Bream, Rotfish, Winter Bream
- Labrus tetricus Richardson, J. 1840. On some new species of fishes from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 25-30 [25].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1855.9.19.914, Port Arthur, TAS [ca. 43°09'S, 147°51'E].Secondary source:
Richardson, J. 1844. Description of Australian fish. Part 2. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 3(2): 133-185 figs 7-11 [136]. - Labrichthys tetrica fuscipinnis Klunzinger, C.B. 1872. Zur Fische-fauna von Süd Australien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 38(1): 17-47 pl. 2 [37] [as Labrichthys tetrica var. fuscipinnis].
Type data:
Holotype SMNS 1549, Port Phillip, VIC. - Labrichthys tetrica tigripinnis Klunzinger, C.B. 1872. Zur Fische-fauna von Süd Australien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 38(1): 17-47 pl. 2 [37] [as Labrichthys tetrica var. tigripinnis].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMNS 1659 2 specimens, Hobsons Bay, VIC; NMW 27667, Hobsons Bay, VIC. - Labrichthys bleekeri 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. [148] [as Labrichthys Bleekeri].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 77.435, Melbourne fish market. - Labrichthys richardsoni 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. [150] [spelled richardsonii on p. 152, richardsoni on p. 150 and 241].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 1877.0436 dry, Melbourne fish market, VIC. - Labrichthys vestita 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. [151].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 1875-0114 (not found), Melbourne market, VIC.
Syntype(s) MNHP 1877-0432 3 specimens, Melbourne market, VIC. - Labrichthys cuvieri Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 3. Supplement to the fishes of Victoria. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 37-58 [53] [as Labrichthys Cuvieri].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Hobart, TAS. - Labrichthys cyanogenys Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1887. Descriptions of new Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2: 241-243 [242].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.1245 stuffed skin in alcohol, Broken Bay, NSW. - Labricthys ceruleus Saville-Kent, W. 1897. The Naturalist in Australia. London : Chapman & Hall 302 pp. 50 pls & figs. [174, fig. 28] [appeared first as a nomen nudum in Saville-Kent 1888. genus misspelled, with original genus as Labrichthys].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Tasmania.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Russell, B.C. 1988. Revision of the labrid fish genus Pseudolabrus and allied genera. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 9: 1-72 [17]
Generic Combinations
- Pseudolabrus bleekeri (Castelnau, 1872). —
Gill, T.N. 1892. On the genera Labrichthys and Pseudolabrus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14(861): 395-404 [dated 1891] [402] (changed combination) - Pseudolabrus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1873). —
Gill, T.N. 1892. On the genera Labrichthys and Pseudolabrus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14(861): 395-404 [dated 1891] [402] (changed combination cited) - Pseudolabrus tetricus (Richardson, 1840). —
Bleeker, P. 1862. Notices ichthyologiques. 5. Sur une nouvelle espèce de pseudolabre (Güntheri) de la Nouvelle Hollande. Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Afdeeling Natuurjunde). Amsterdam 14: 130-133 [131] (changed combination) - Notolabrus tetricus (Richardson, 1840). —
Russell, B.C. 1988. Revision of the labrid fish genus Pseudolabrus and allied genera. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 9: 1-72 [17] (changed combination)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Broken Bay, NSW (33°34'S, 151°18'E) to west of Ceduna, SA (32°23'S, 133°29'E) and coastal TAS; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Inshore, rock reef.
Extra Ecological Information
1 - 40 m.
General References
Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006. Labridae: Labrinae. pp. 1368-1418 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. [1402]
Edgar, G.J., Last, P.R. & Wells, M.W. 1982. Coastal Fishes of Tasmania and Bass Strait. Hobart : Cat & Fiddle Press 175 pp. [106] (as Pseudolabrus tetricus)
Gomon, M.F. &. Russell, B.C. 1994. Family Labridae. pp. 675-699 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. [691]
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [411] (as Pseudolabrus tetricus)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [310] (as Pseudolabrus tetricus and as P. bleekeri and P. cuvieri)
Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 68: 1-97 [31]
Russell, B.C. 1988. Revision of the labrid fish genus Pseudolabrus and allied genera. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 9: 1-72 [17]
Russell, B.C. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Labridae. pp. 638-659 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [652]
Saville-Kent, W. 1888. Notes on the identity of certain Tasmanian fishes. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1887: 47-48 [47]
Shepherd, S.A. & Clarkson, P.S. 2001. Diet, feeding behaviour, activity and predation of the temperate blue-throated wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus. Marine and Freshwater Research 52(3): 311-322
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [51] (1666 as Pseudolabrus tetricus, also 1667 as P. cuvieri and 1668 as P. bleekeri)
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. [692] (Bluethroat Wrasse, Bluehead Parrotfish, Bluenose Parrotfish, Bluethroat Parrotfish, Bluethroated Parrotfish, Bluethroated Wrasse, Rocky Bream, Rocky Cod, Rotfish)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [310] (Blue-throat Parrotfish)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [282] (Blue-throat Wrasse)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [412] (Blue-throated Wrasse, Bluehead, Bluenose, Kelpie, Lilac Banded Parrotfish, Winter Bream)
Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp. [257] (Blue-throat Parrot Fish)
Russell, B.C. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Labridae. pp. 638-659 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [652] (Rocky Winter Bream)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bluethroat Wrasse)
Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [119] (Blue-throated Parrotfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2017 | LABROIDEI | 22-Jun-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |