Genus Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815
- Branchiostegus Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organises. Palermo (Italy) : Privately Published 224 pp. [Date published April to July] [86] [also considered a replacement name for Coryphaenoides Lacépède, 1801].
Type species:
Coryphenoides houttuynii Lacépède, 1802 (= Coryphaena japonica Houttuyn, 1782) by monotypy.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Atlantic-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
Dooley, J.K. 1978. Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes : Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae), with descriptions of two new species. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Circular 411: 1-78 figs 1-44
Dooley, J.K. 1999. Family Branchiostegidae. pp. 2630-2648 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Dooley, J.K. & Kailola, P.J. 1988. Four new tilefishes from the northeastern Indian Ocean, with a review of the genus Branchiostegus. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 35(3): 247-260
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 27-Nov-2012 | 27-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |