Species Branchiostegus australiensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988
Australian Tilefish
- Branchiostegus australiensis 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 [253, fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.27217-004, south-east of Shark Bay, WA [26°21´S, 112°35´E].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
From off Perth (32º00'S, 115º13'E) to off North West Cape, WA (20º40'S, 113º43'E), and Arafura Sea (9º19'S, 132º49'E), NT; tropical, west Pacific (Sumatra).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine, soft bottom.
General References
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. [2634]
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [150] (as B. sp. cf. argenteus)
Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 [153]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Australian Tilefish)
History of changes
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