Order CLUPEIFORMES

Introduction

The order Clupeiformes contains two major suborders: the Denticeiitoidei from fresh waters of Africa, and the Clupeiodei, which includes four families, all known from Australia. Most species area treated in Whitehead (1985) and Whitehead et al. (1988). Lecointree & Nelson (1996) discussed relationships and suggested a close relationship with Ostariophysi (minnows and catfishes).

General References

Lecointree, G. & Nelson, G. 1996. Clupeomorpha, sister-group of Ostariophysi. pp. 193-207 in Stiassny, M.L.J., Parenti, L.R. & Johnson, G.D. (eds). Interrelationships of Fishes. San Diego : Academic Press 496 pp.

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303

Whitehead, P.J.P., Nelson, G.J. & Wongratana, T. 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Engraulididae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 2. 305-579 pp.

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Family ENGRAULIDAE

CAAB: 37086000

Anchovies

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John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates, Dianne J. Bray & Douglass F. Hoese

Introduction

The Engraulidae include 139 species in 16 genera worldwide (Nelson 2006). In Australia, 23 species of anchovies in six genera have been recorded.

Anchovies are primarily shallow water marine fishes that feed on plankton. Some species can ascend rivers and a few live entirely in fresh water. Most species have a characteristic long snout over a subterminal mouth, which extends far behind the level of the eye. Some species have striking posterior extensions to the upper jaw and one non-Australian species has photophores. Most Indo-Pacific species have scutes on the belly. The body is usually elongate and variously compressed. Anchovies are commercially important in most areas of the world, including Australia, where relatively small numbers are marketed. Maximum size for the family is about 30 cm.

Engraulids were reviewed by Whitehead et al. (1988). Regional accounts include those of Hildebrand (1963) who reviewed the species of the western North Atlantic, Whitehead et al. (1966) who presented a key to the Indo-Pacific genera, and Whitehead (1973) who reviewed the species from India. Wongratana (1983) discussed the synonymies of a number of Indo-Pacific species. Many of the Australian species are treated in Wongratana et al. (1999). Nelson (1970) considered family relationships.

Whitehead and Wongratana kindly reviewed this family account.

General References

Hildebrand, S.F. 1963. Family Engraulidae. pp. 152-249 figs 25-59 in Olsen, Y.H. (ed.). Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(3): 1-630

Nelson, G.J. 1970. The hypobranchial apparatus of teleostean fishes of the families Engraulidae and Chirocentridae. American Museum Novitates 2410: 1-30 figs 1-11

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1973. A synopsis of the clupeoid fishes of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 14(1): 160-256 figs 1-68 [1972]

Whitehead, P.J.P., Boeseman, M. & Wheeler, A.C. 1966. The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific elopoid and clupeoid fishes. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 84: 1-159 pls 1-19

Wongratana, T. 1983. Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 385-407 figs 1-25

Wongratana, T., Munroe, T.A. & Nizinski, M.S. 1999. Family Engraulidae. pp. 1698-1753 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.

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [67] (FAO) (Anchovies)

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Genus Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938

Encrasicholina Fowler, H.W. 1938. The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 1-349 figs 1-30 pls 1-12 [156].
Type species:
Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

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Species Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley, 1940)

CAAB: 37086014

Devis' Anchovy, De Vis's Anchovy

Amentum devisi Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [404, fig. 11].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.609 (re-registered from I.377), Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM IB.610 (4).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From about Cape Léveque, WA (16ºS) to Cooktown, QLD (15º30´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [26] (183, as Stolephorus devisi)

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. [161] (as Stolephorus devisi)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (213, as Stolephorus devisi)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [88] (De Vis's Anchovy)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitehead, P.J.P., Nelson, G.J. & Wongratana, T. 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Clupeoid fishes of the world (Suborder Clupeoidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Engraulididae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 2. 305–579 pp. [396], FAO) (Devis' Anchovy)

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Species Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)

CAAB: 37086015

Shorthead Anchovy, East Indian Anchovy

Engraulis heteroloba Rüppell, W.P.E. 1837. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt Vol. 3, pp. 53–80, pls 15–21. [79, pl. 21(4)].
Type data:
Lectotype SMF 4305 (?), Massawah, Red Sea.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1845.10.29.104; RMNH 3341 (?) (ex SMF); SMF 4714-17
Comment: see (Eschmeyer, W.N., 1998), not clear who designated lectotype.
Type locality references:
Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences 2905 pp., 3 vols.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From about Broome, WA (18ºS) to off Captain Billy Creek, Cape York, QLD (11º37´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Dor, M. 1984. CLOFRES, Checklist of the Fishes of the Red Sea. Jerusalem : Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 437 pp. 2 figs. [43]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [43] (as Anchoviella heteroloba)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [27] (186, as Stolephorus heterolobus)

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1965. A review of the elopoid and clupeoid fishes of the Red Sea and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series 12(7): 225-281 figs 1-4 [268]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (217, in part, as Stolephorus heterolobus)

Common Name References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [27] (East Indian Anchovy)

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Species Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938

CAAB: 37086002

Buccaneer Anchovy

Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, H.W. 1938. The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 1-349 figs 1-30 pls 1-12 [157, fig. 13].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 68308, Fare Bay, Huaheine Island, Society Islands.
Paratype(s) ANSP 68309-20; ANSP 68321-24.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Hedland, WA (20ºS) to Bowen, QLD (20ºS); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

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. (as Stolpehorus punctifer)

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Genus Engraulis Cuvier, 1816

Engraulis Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles et les poisons. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 pp. 104-351. [174].
Type species:
Clupea encrasicolus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy (sometimes spelled encrasicholus or encrassicolus).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West Indian Ocean, west Pacific, east Pacific and Atlantic.

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, SW coast

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Species Engraulis australis (White, 1790)

CAAB: 37086001

Australian Anchovy, Anchovy, Blue Bait, Frogmouth, Frogmouth Pilchard, Smig, Southern Anchovy, Whitebait

Antherina australis White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non-descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. London : Debrett 299 pp. 65 pls. [296 and facing pl. (fig. 1)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, between Botany Bay and Broken Bay, NSW.
Type locality references:
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [42].
Engraulis encrasicholus antipodum Günther, A. 1868. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae, [thru] Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 7 512 pp. [386] [proposed as a var.].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH a, Tasmania; BMNH b-c (2), New Zealand.
Engraulis antarcticus 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. [186].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 3732 (8), Melbourne markets.
Engraulis australis Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 16(4): 29-34 [31] [described in more detail in Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den k.k. Zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. I. Zur Fischfauna von süd-Australien. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 41(2): 1–15 figs 1–9 [14]].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMNS 2254, Hobson's Bay, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, QLD (27º30´S) to Shark Bay, WA (25º21´S); temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand).

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Gonorynchidae, Plotosidae, Salmonidae. pp. 215-231 figs 192-206 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. [226]

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [722]

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [205]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [36]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [42]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [26] (182)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [64]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (210)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [145]

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [96] (Frogmouth)

Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 238 pp. [3] (Australian Marketing Name; Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research pp. 460. [145]) (Anchovy)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [75] (Southern Anchovy)

Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [242] (Frogmouth Pilchard)

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [9] (Blue Bait, Smig, Whitebait)

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Genus Papuengraulis Munro, 1964

Papuengraulis Munro, I.S.R. 1964. Additions to the fish fauna of New Guinea. Papua and New Guinea Agricultural Journal 16(4): 141-186 [150].
Type species:
Papuengraulis micropinna Munro, 1964 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast

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Species Papuengraulis micropinna Munro, 1964

CAAB: 37086007

Bareback Anchovy, Bare-back Anchovy, Little Anchovy, Littlefin Anchovy

Papuengraulis micropinna Munro, I.S.R. 1964. Additions to the fish fauna of New Guinea. Papua and New Guinea Agricultural Journal 16(4): 141-186 [151, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO C3247, off Port Romilly, Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea [7°55´S, 114°48´E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO A3083-86; CSIRO C3517-18.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal bays and estuaries of Northern Australia; tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, marine.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [66]

Common Name References

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [66] (Bare-back Anchovy)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]) (Bareback Anchovy)

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Genus Setipinna Swainson, 1839

Setipinna Swainson, W. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. In, Lardner, D. The Cabinet of Natural History. Vol. 2 London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, and John Taylor 452 pp. 135 figs. [292].
Type species:
Setipinna megalura Swainson, 1839 by subsequent designation, see Swain, J. 1883. A review of Swainson's genera of fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 34: 272-284 [imprint date 1882] [280] (= Clupea phasa Hamilton, 1822).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

General References

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Species Setipinna paxtoni Wongratana, 1987

CAAB: 37086003

Humpback Hairfin Anchovy

Setipinna paxtoni Wongratana, T. 1987. Four new species of clupeoid fishes (Clupeidae and Engraulidae) from Australian waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(1): 104-111 [109, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.16267-100, Medusa Bank, Cambridge Gulf, WA.
Paratype(s) WAM P.16268-001; WAM P.16269-001; WAM P16270-001.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Medusa Bank, Cambridge Gulf, WA to Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, NT; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic.

General References

Common Name References

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Species Setipinna tenuifilis (Valenciennes, 1848)

CAAB: 37086008

Common Hairfin Anchovy, Long-fin Anchovy, Longfin Anchovy

Engraulis tenuifilis Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1848. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 21 536 pp. pls 607-633. [62].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 3731, Rangoon, Burma.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP B.3102 (ex MNHP 3731).
Subsequent designation references:
Whitehead, P.J.P. & Bauchot, M.L. 1985. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, (Suite) Ordre des Clupéiforms (Familles des Clupeidae, Engraulididae et Denticipitidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 7(4 Suppl.): 1-77 [34].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Bonaparte Archipelago, WA (126º19´E) to off Darwin, NT (130º17´E); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Western Australia: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

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.

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [66]

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50] (Longfin Anchovy)

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Genus Stolephorus Lacépède, 1803

Stolephorus Lacépède, B.G. 1803. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 5 803 pp. 21 pls. [381].
Type species:
Stolephorus commersonii Lacépède, 1803 by designation under Plenary Powers, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1926. Opinions rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinions 91–97. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1-30; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1965. Opinion 749. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(4): 218-219.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Gulf of Carp., NE coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

General References

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Species Stolephorus advenus Wongratana, 1987

CAAB: 37086020

False Indian Anchovy

Stolephorus advenus Wongratana, T. 1987. Four new species of clupeoid fishes (Clupeidae and Engraulidae) from Australian waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(1): 104-111 [106, figs 2, 3, 6].
Type data:
Holotype NTM S10031-153, north of Saulte Point, Cobourg Peninsula, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

North of Saulte Point, Cobourg Peninsula, NT (11º16´S, 131º 54´E); tropical.

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic, schooling.

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Species Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, 1966

CAAB: 37086011

Andhra Anchovy

Stolephorus andhraensis Babu Rao, M. 1966. A new species of Stolephorus Lacépède from the east coast of India (Pisces : Engraulidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 9: 101-110 pls 3-4 [103, pl. 3].
Type data:
Holotype ZSI F.4601/2, Waltair, Kakinada, India.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From Shoal Bay, NT (131º01´S) and Fitzroy River, QLD (23º30´E); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Queensland: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

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Species Stolephorus brachycephalus Wongratana, 1983

CAAB: 37086012

Broadhead Anchovy

Stolephorus brachycephalus Wongratana, T. 1983. Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 385-407 figs 1-25 [401, fig. 19].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1979.3.21.447, east side of Daru wharf, Gulf of Papua.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1979.3.21.448-452 (5); USNM 270294 (8).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From the Gulf of Carpentaria (140º16´E) to Moreton Bay, QLD (27°21´S); tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: Central E coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic, schooling.

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Species Stolephorus carpentariae (De Vis, 1882)

CAAB: 37086010

Carpentaria Anchovy, Gulf Anchovy, Gulf Of Carpentaria Anchovy

Engraulis carpentariae De Vis, C.W. 1882. Description of three new fishes of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(3): 318-320 [320].
Type data:
Lectotype AM I.377, Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) QM I.113 (possible type).
Subsequent designation references:
Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [403] (fig. 10).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tubridgi Creek, WA (114°39´E), WA and Pellew Group, Gulf of Carpentaria (136º47´E) to Moreton Bay (27º25´S), QLD; tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [43] (as Anchoviella carpentariae)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [26] (184, in part)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (214, in part)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [88] (Gulf Anchovy)

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

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Species Stolephorus commersonii Lacépède, 1803

CAAB: 37086013

Commerson's Anchovy

Stolephorus commersonii Lacépède, B.G. 1803. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 5 803 pp. 21 pls. [381, pl. 12(1)] [as Stolephorus Commersonii].
Type data:
Status unknown, (based on Commerson drawing and notes), Mauritius.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tubridgi Creek, WA (21º51´S) to Gladstone, QLD (23º51´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Queensland: NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [26] (184, in part)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (214, in part)

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Species Stolephorus indicus (Hasselt, 1823)

CAAB: 37086006

Indian Anchovy

Engraulis indicus Hasselt, J.C. van 1823. Uittreksel uit een' brief van Dr. J.C. van Hasselt, aan den Heer C.J. Temminck. Algemeene Konst- en Letter-Bode 1(21): 329-331 [329] [after Russell, P. 1803. Descriptions and Figures of 200 Fishes, Collected at Vizagapatam on the Coast of Coromandel. London : East India Co. Vol. 1, 78 pp.; Vol. 2, 85 pp.; 208 pls. [vol. 2: 71 pl. CLXXXVII]].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Vishakhapatnam (as Vizagapatam), India; Java, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf, WA (120°38´E) and Melville Island, NT (131ºE) to Mackenzie Island, QLD (23º31´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [44] (as Anchoviella indica)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [27] (185)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [66]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (217, in part)

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Species Stolephorus nelsoni Wongratana, 1987

CAAB: 37086021

Nelson's Anchovy

Stolephorus nelsoni Wongratana, T. 1987. Two new species of anchovies of the genus Stolephorus (Engraulidae), with a key to species of Engraulis, Encrasicholina, and Stolephorus. American Museum Novitates 2876: 1-8 figs 1-2 [4, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 57157, Eighty Mile Beach, 3 miles north of Wallal Homestead, WA.
Paratype(s) ROM 39271; USNM 280176 (ex AMNH 31433).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Wallal Downs, Eighty Mile Beach, WA (19º46´S) and Cleveland Bay, QLD (19º13´S); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coast
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

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Species Stolephorus waitei Jordan & Seale, 1926

CAAB: 37086016

Spottyface Anchovy, Spotty-face Anchovy

Stolephorus waitei Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1926. Review of the Engraulidae, with descriptions of new and rare species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 67(11): 355-418 [379].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 18254 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Part 2. Australian Zoologist 10(2): 167–187 figs 1–10 [171 fig. 3]), QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf of Carpentaria (140°10´E) to Caloundra, QLD (26º48´S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [43] (as Anchoviella waitei)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [26] (184, in part)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (214, in part)

Common Name References

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

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Genus Thryssa Cuvier, 1829

Thryssa Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Poissons. Paris : Fortin, Masson et Co. Vol. 2 Nouvelle édition, pp. 122-406. [323] [nom. nov. for Thrissa Cuvier, 1816].
Type species:
Clupea setirostris Broussonet, 1782 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. 1917. The genera of fishes. Part 1. Stanford University Publications, University Series 27: 1-151 [98].
Thrissa Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles et les poisons. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 pp. 104-351. [176] [junior homonym of Thrissa Rafinesque, 1815].
Type species:
Clupea mystus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 1823. Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Rey et Gravier Vol. 4 628 pp. [articles on fishes] [231].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1965. A review of the elopoid and clupeoid fishes of the Red Sea and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series 12(7): 225-281 figs 1-4 [272]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N Gulf, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, N Gulf, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

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Species Thryssa aestuaria (Ogilby, 1910)

CAAB: 37086017

Snubnose Thryssa, Estuarine Thryssa, Snub-nosed Anchovy, Southern Anchovy

Anchovia aestuaria Ogilby, J.D. 1910. On new or insufficiently described fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23(1): 1-55 [Date published 1911] [4].
Type data:
Holotype QM (ex AFAQ 406), Brisbane River, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM I.9497-98 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1–50 figs 1–32 pls 1–2 [4 fig. 2]).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA (23ºS) to Clarence River, Grafton, NSW (29º41´S); tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [96]

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [722]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [44] (as Anchoviella aestuaria)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [27] (187, ?188)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (215, 216)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [96] (Southern Anchovy)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [27] (Snub-nosed Anchovy)

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

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Species Thryssa baelama (Forsskål, 1775)

CAAB: 37086018

Little Priest, Baelama Anchovy

Clupea baelama Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [72].
Type data:
Status unknown, Jidda, Saudi Arabia (as Djedda), Red Sea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From Lizard Island (14º40´S) and Hartleys Creek. (16º30´S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, estuary, inshore, mangrove, pelagic.

General References

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [495]

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. Sydney : New Holland 433 pp. figs. [34]) (Little Priest)

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Species Thryssa brevicauda Roberts, 1978

CAAB: 37086023

Short-tail Thryssa

Thryssa brevicauda Roberts, T.R. 1978. An ichthyological survey of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea with descriptions of new species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 281: 1-72 figs 1-39 [29, fig. 10c].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.21483-004 (ex USNM 217044), Fly River, Papua New Guinea.
Paratype(s) KFRS; AM I.21483-002 (ex USNM 217044); BMNH 1977.11.17.26-30; RMNH 28208; ZMA 114435; USNM 217044.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Near Darwin, NT; tropical, west Pacific, Papua New Guinea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, mangrove, pelagic.

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Species Thryssa encrasicholoides (Bleeker, 1852)

CAAB: 37086024

False Baelama Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicholoides Bleeker, P. 1852. Bijdrage tot de kennis der Haringachtige visschen van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 24: 1-52 [37].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM I.88, Jakarta (Batavia), Surabaja (Surabaya), Kammal, Indonesia; BMNH 1867.11.28.50, Jakarta [Batavia], Surabaja [Surabaya], Kammal, Indonesia; MNHP 3721, Jakarta [Batavia], Surabaja [Surabaya], Kammal, Indonesia; NMV 46120-22 (possible syntypes, Bleeker material), Jakarta [Batavia], Surabaja [Surabaya], Kammal, Indonesia; RMNH 3536, 28791, Jakarta [Batavia], Surabaja [Surabaya], Kammal, Indonesia; SMNS 12815, Jakarta [Batavia], Surabaja [Surabaya], Kammal, Indonesia; NMV A2047 (possible syntypes, Bleeker material), Jakarta [Batavia], Surabaja [Surabaya], Kammal, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From about Cooktown to Fraser Island, QLD; tropical, west Pacific.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic.

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Species Thryssa hamiltonii (Gray, 1835)

CAAB: 37086005

Hamilton's Thryssa, Hamilton's Anchovy, Northern Anchovy

Engraulis (Coilia) hamiltonii Gray, J.E. 1835. Illustrations of Indian Zoology of new and hitherto unfigured Indian Animals from the Collection of General Hardwicke. London Vol. 2. [pl. 92] [based on a drawing of Hardwicke].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, India.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Hedland, WA (20º18´S) to Moreton Bay, QLD (27º25´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [722]

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [347]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [43] (as Scutengraulis hamiltoni and ?S. mystax)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [27] (191, as Scutengraulis hamiltoni)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [66]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (211)

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50] (Hamilton's Anchovy)

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [96] (Northern Anchovy)

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Species Thryssa marasriae Wongratana, 1987

CAAB: 37086025

Marasri's Thryssa

Thryssa marasriae Wongratana, T. 1987. Four new species of clupeoid fishes (Clupeidae and Engraulidae) from Australian waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(1): 104-111 [108, fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype NTM S.10707-002, King Creek, Shoal Bay, NT.
Paratype(s) NTM S10094-001 (9); NTM S10095-001 (2); NTM S10102-002 (8); NTM S10216-002 (5); NTM S10259-005 (4); NTM S10707-001 (8); USNM 278480.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Shoal Bay, Darwin (130º–131ºE) and Chambers Bay (131º35´E), NT; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, inshore, pelagic.

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Species Thryssa scratchleyi (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)

CAAB: 37086019

Freshwater Anchovy, Freshwater Thryssa, New Guinea Thryssa

Engraulis scratchleyi Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1886. A contribution to the knowledge of the fish fauna of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1(1): 8-20 [18].
Type data:
Holotype AM B.9951 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1–50 figs 1–32 pls 1–2 [3 fig. 3]), Strickland River, New Guinea.
Paratype(s) NMV A.51631.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Roper River drainage, NT, Archer River to Leichhardt River drainages, Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, from Mitchell River, QLD (15º10´S); tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N Gulf, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [68]

Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [2]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [68]

Common Name References

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [68] (Freshwater Anchovy)

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

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Species Thryssa setirostris (Broussonet, 1782)

CAAB: 37086004

Longjaw Thryssa, Long-horned Anchovy

Clupea setirostris Broussonet, P.M.A. 1782. Ichthyologia Sistens Piscium Descriptiones et Icones. London : Elmsly 42 pp. 11 pls. [47, pl. 11] [unnumbered pl. and facing unnumbered page].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Pacific Ocean near Tanna Island (New Hebrides).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off Darwin, NT (130º17´E) to Gladstone, QLD (23º51´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [44] (as Thrissocles setirostris)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [27] (189)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [68]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (218)

Common Name References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [27] (Long-horned Anchovy)

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Incertae Sedis

Engraulis nasuta Castelnau, F.L. de 1878. Notes on the fishes of the Norman River. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 3(1): 41-51 [51] [this species could be a synonym of Thryssa hamiltonii (Gray, 1835)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD.

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Family PRISTIGASTERIDAE

CAAB: 37085000

Ilishas, Pellonas, Pristigasterids

Compiler and date details

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Introduction

The Pristigasteridae comprise nine genera and approximately 34 species worldwide (Whitehead 1985). Two genera and four species are known from Australia. The Pristigasteridae were previously included as a subfamily of the Clupeidae, but are here recognised as a distinct family after the works of Nelson (1994) and Munro et al. (1999).

Pristigasterids are schooling fishes, found in coastal areas in tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. They reach a maximum size of 50 cm. They differ from clupeids in having the pelvic fins well forward of the dorsal fin and a longer anal fin with 60 or more rays (cf. 28 rays in clupeids).

Whitehead & Blaxter (1989) described the anatomy of the swimbladder and its value in determining relationships.

General References

Munroe, T.A., Wongratana, T. & Nizinski, M.S. 1999. Family Pristigasteridae. pp. 1754-1770 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.

Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp.

Whitehead, P.J.P. & Blaxter, J.H.S. 1989. Swimbladder form in clupeoid fishes. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 97(4): 299-372

Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31

Common Name References

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Genus Ilisha Richardson, 1846

Ilisha Richardson, J. 1846. Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Report of the 15th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1845: 187-320 [306].
Type species:
Ilisha abnormis Richardson, 1846 by monotypy (= Alosa elongata Bennett, 1830).

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications: CLUPEIDAE: Ilisha melastoma (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — Munroe, T.A., Wongratana, T. & Nizinski, M.S. 1999. Family Pristigasteridae. pp. 1754-1770 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. [1764]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp., N coast
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: NW coast

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Species Ilisha elongata (Bennett, 1830)

CAAB: 37085032

Elongate Ilisha

Alosa elongata Bennett, E.T. 1830. Catalogue of the fishes of Sumatra. pp. 686–694 in Lady Raffles (ed.) Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Stanford Raffles. London 701 pp. [not seen] [691].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1852.9.13.107 skin, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Ilisha abnormis Richardson, J. 1846. Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Report of the 15th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1845: 187-320 [306].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1964.11.6.4, Chinese seas.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [265]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Record based on literature reference below; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

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Species Ilisha lunula Kailola, 1986

CAAB: 37085012

Longtail Ilisha, Crescent Long-tailed Ilisha

Ilisha lunula Kailola, P.J. 1986. A new species of clupeid fish (Pisces: Pristigasteridae) from northern Australia and Papua. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 51-57 [52, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO B 4111, Arafura Sea, NT [11°43´S, 136°18´E].
Paratype(s) AM I.15557-023, I.21942-004, I.26861-002, IB.1268; BMNH 1982.7.20.184-195, 1982.7.20.196-216; CSIRO B 2104-05; NTM S.10051-007, S.10095.007, S.10203-002, S.10404.003, S.11676-001.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Arafura Sea, NT to Fitzroy River, QLD (23°31´S); tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, inshore.

General References

Common Name References

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

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Species Ilisha striatula Wongratana, 1983

CAAB: 37085034

Banded Ilisha

Ilisha striatula Wongratana, T. 1983. Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 385-407 figs 1-25 [396, fig. 13].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1968.8.26.2, Pakistan [25°11´N, 66°20´E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1898.6.29.184; BMNH 1969.11.6.5-6; BMNH 1975.3.20.696-699; BMNH 1975.3.20.700-709.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Broome, WA; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. 1–303 pp. [277], FAO) (Banded Ilisha)

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Genus Pellona Valenciennes, 1847

Pellona Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [300].
Type species:
Pellona orbignyana Valenciennes, 1847 by subsequent designation, see Gill, T.N. 1861. Synopsis of the subfamily of Clupeinae, with descriptions of new genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13: 33-38 [38].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern South America and Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

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Species Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847

CAAB: 37085009

Ditchelee, Ditchelee Herring, Indian Pellona

Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [314] [based on Russell, P. 1803. Descriptions and Figures of 200 Fishes, Collected at Vizagapatam on the Coast of Coromandel. London : East India Co. Vol. 1, 78 pp.; Vol. 2, 85 pp.; 208 pls. (72 pl. 88)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Vishakhapatnam (as Vizagapatam), India.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA (22º10´S) to off Port Clinton, QLD (22º30´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, mangrove, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [41] (as Nematalosa ditchela)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (170)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [64]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (200)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [90] (Ditchelee Herring)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [64]) (Ditchelee)

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Family CHIROCENTRIDAE

CAAB: 37087000

Wolf Herrings, Wolf-herrings

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Introduction

Members of the Chirocentridae are found in the tropical waters of the Indian and west-central Pacific Oceans from South Africa to southern Japan and Fiji. One genus and two species are recognised. Both species have been recorded from Australia and are treated in Munroe et al. (1999).

Although related to the Clupeidae and Engraulidae, wolf herrings have large canine teeth in the jaws and lack scutes on the belly. These voracious predators may attain 1.7 m in length, although Australian specimens rarely reach 1.5 m.

Chirocentrids have not been reviewed comprehensively, although Whitehead (1974, 1985) summarised the differences between the two recognised species. Grande (1985) questioned the relationships with clupeiform fishes.

General References

Grande, L. 1985. Recent and fossil clupeomorph fishes with materials for revision of the subgroups of clupeoids. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 181(2): 231-372

Munroe, T.A., Nizinski, M.S. & Wongratana, T. 1999. Family Chirocentridae. pp. 1771-1774 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.

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1974. Family Chirocentridae. 6 pp. 6 figs in Fischer, W. & Whitehead, P.J.P. (eds) FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishing Purposes, Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific (fishing areas 57 and 71). Rome : FAO Vol. 1.

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Genus Chirocentrus Cuvier, 1816

Chirocentrus Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Les reptiles et les poisons. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2 pp. 104-351. [178].
Type species:
Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., N coast, NE coast, NW coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

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Species Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775)

CAAB: 37087001

Dorab Wolf Herring, Dorab Wolf-herring, Knife-fish, Leaping Silver-bar, Ribbon-fish, Wolf Herring, Wolf-Herring

Clupea dorab Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [72].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Jidda (as Djedda), Saudi Arabia and Mocha, Yemen, Red Sea
Comment: neotype designation by (Fricke, R., 1999) [81], but invalid according to (Eschmeyer, W.N., 1998).
Type locality references:
Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences 2905 pp., 3 vols.; Fricke, R. 1999. Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez). An annotated checklist with descriptions of new species. Theses Zoologicae 31: 1-759 figs 1-9.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest shelf, Learmouth, WA (22º15´S) to Moreton Bay, QLD (27º25´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

To 120 m.

General References

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. [53]

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [722]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [36]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [28] (195)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [68]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (175)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [86] (Knife-fish, Leaping Silver-bar, Ribbon-fish, Wolf Herring)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Dorab Wolf Herring)

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Species Chirocentrus nudus Swainson, 1839

CAAB: 37087002

Whitefin Wolf Herring, Whitefin Wolf-herring

Chirocentrus nudus Swainson, W. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. In, Lardner, D. The Cabinet of Natural History. Vol. 2 London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, and John Taylor 452 pp. 135 figs. [294].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (based on pl. 199 in Russell, P. 1803. Descriptions and Figures of 200 Fishes, Collected at Vizagapatam on the Coast of Coromandel. London : East India Co. Vol. 1, 78 pp.; Vol. 2, 85 pp.; 208 pls), no locality.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From about Melville Island, NT (131ºE) to Thursday Island, QLD (142ºE); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitefin Wolf Herring)

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Family CLUPEIDAE

CAAB: 37085000

Herrings, Menhadens, Pilchards, Sardines, Shads, Sprats

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Introduction

The Clupeidae include about 188 species in 57 genera worldwide (Nelson 2006). In Australian waters, 29 species in 13 genera have been recorded.

Sardines and their relatives live mostly in surface marine waters, usually near the coast. Some species are estuarine and a few, like the Australian species of Nematalosa, are freshwater. All eat plankton and most form large schools, which in some areas of the world, provide the basis for extensive fisheries. Relatively small numbers of freshly caught fish are marketed in Australia. Clupeids have a relatively small mouth with the jaw not extending behind the level of the eye, teeth usually small or absent and abdominal scutes usually present. Maximum standard length is about 60 cm, but most species are much smaller.

The sardines, pilchards, herrings and sprats were reviewed by Whitehead (1985). Other works include a revision of Russian species by Svetovidov (1952), keys to Indo-Pacific genera by Whitehead et al. (1966), a review of Indian species by Whitehead (1973), and a revision of the subfamily Dorosomatinae including Nematalosa by Nelson & Rothman (1973). Wongratana (1983) described a number of new Indo-Pacific species and Whitehead & Bauchot (1986) described the types in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHP). Munroe et al. (1999) treated many tropical species from Australia. Nelson (1970) considered family relationships, and some authors raise a number of the seven or eight subfamilies to familial status.

Wongratana and Whitehead identified most of the specimens in the Australian Museum and the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory collections up to 1983, provided unpublished information, and kindly improved the draft of this family account.

General References

Nelson, G.J. 1970. The hypobranchial apparatus of teleostean fishes of the families Engraulidae and Chirocentridae. American Museum Novitates 2410: 1-30 figs 1-11

Nelson, G.J. & Rothman, M.N. 1973. The species of gizzard shads (Dorosomatinae) with particular reference to the Indo-Pacific region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(2): 133-206 figs 1-13

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.

Svetovidov, A.N. 1952. Fauna of U.S.S.R. Fishes. (Clupeidae). Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R ns 48 2(1): 1-331 figs 1-54 pls 1-53 [in Russian]

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1973. A synopsis of the clupeoid fishes of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 14(1): 160-256 figs 1-68 [1972]

Whitehead, P.J.P., Boeseman, M. & Wheeler, A.C. 1966. The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific elopoid and clupeoid fishes. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 84: 1-159 pls 1-19

Whitehead, P.J.P. & Bauchot, M.L. 1985. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, (Suite) Ordre des Clupéiforms (Familles des Clupeidae, Engraulididae et Denticipitidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 7(4 Suppl.): 1-77

Wongratana, T. 1983. Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 385-407 figs 1-25

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [64] (Herrings)

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Genus Amblygaster Bleeker, 1849

Amblygaster Bleeker, P. 1849. A contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyological fauna of Celebes. Journal of the Indian Archipelago & Eastern Asia 3: 65-74 [73].
Type species:
Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

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Species Amblygaster leiogaster (Valenciennes, 1847)

CAAB: 37085020

Smoothbelly Sardine, Blue Sardine, Blue Sprat, Bluebait, Sardine, Smooth-belly Sardine, Smoothbelly Sardinella

Sardinella leiogaster Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [270].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 3742, Indian Ocean.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South Muiron Island, WA (21º40´S); tropical, Indo-west pacific.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1967. The clupeoid fishes described by Lacépède, Cuvier & Valenciennes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 2: 1-180 figs 1-15 pls 1-11 [68]

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50] (Smooth-belly Sardine)

Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [250] (Blue Sardine, Blue Sprat, Bluebait, Sardine)

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

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Species Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792)

CAAB: 37085006

Spotted Sardine, Northern Pilchard, Spotted Sardinella

Clupea herangus sirm Walbaum, J.J. 1792. Petri Artedi renovati. Part 3. Petri Artedi sueci genera Piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae. Grypeswaldiae 723 pp. 3 pls. [38] [as Clupea harengus var. sirm].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Red Sea.
Sardinops dakini Whitley, G.P. 1937. Further ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(2): 113-148 figs 11-13 [114].
Type data:

Syntype(s) QM I.5309, Thursday Island, N QLD; QM I.5336, Thursday Island, N QLD; QM I.5337, Thursday Island, N QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [88]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf, WA, Gulf of Carpentaria to Hayman Island (23º03´S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [22] (153)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [60]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (196)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [89] (Northern Pilchard)

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

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Genus Anodontostoma Bleeker, 1849

Anodontostoma Bleeker, P. 1849. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Madura, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe species. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 22: 1-16 [15].
Type species:
Anodontostoma hasseltii Bleeker, 1849 by monotypy (= Clupanodon chacunda Hamilton, 1822).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, N Gulf, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

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Species Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822)

CAAB: 37085015

Gizzard Shad, Bony-bream, Chacunda Gizzard Shad

Clupanodon chacunda Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and its Branches. Edinburgh : Archibald Constable 405 pp., pls 1-39. [246].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Ganges River Estuary, India.
Anodontostoma hasseltii Bleeker, P. 1849. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Madura, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe species. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 22: 1-16 [15].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH 7082, Madura Straits near Kammal and Surabaya, seas near Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [252]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Napier-Broome Bay, Northwest Shelf, WA (126º33´E) to Daintree River, QLD (16º10´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [60]

Common Name References

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [60] (Bony-bream)

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Genus Dussumieria Valenciennes, 1847

Dussumieria Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [467].
Type species:
Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

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Species Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849

CAAB: 37085010

Slender Sardine, Rainbow Round Herring, Slender Rainbow Sardine, Van Hasselt's Sprat

Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, P. 1849. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Madura, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe species. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 22: 1-16 [12].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1867.11.28.17, Java.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH 7129 16 specimens.
Subsequent designation references:
Whitehead, P.J.P., Boeseman, M. & Wheeler, A.C. 1966. The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific elopoid and clupeoid fishes. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 84: 1-159 pls 1-19 [30].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Hedland, Northwest Shelf, WA (19º23´S) to Townsville, QLD (19ºS); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [37] (as D. hasseltii)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (171, as Dussumieria hasseltii)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [495]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [62]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (176)

Common Name References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (Van Hasselt's Sprat)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [495] (Rainbow Round Herring)

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Genus Escualosa Whitley, 1940

Escualosa Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [402].
Type species:
Clupea macrolepis Steindachner, 1879 by original designation (= Kowala thoracata Valenciennes, 1847).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

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Species Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847)

CAAB: 37085021

White Sardine, Deep Herring, Northern Herring

Kowala thoracata Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [363].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 3172, Pondicherry, India.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP B.3075 (2) (ex MNHP 3172).
Subsequent designation references:
Whitehead, P.J.P. 1967. The clupeoid fishes described by Lacépède, Cuvier & Valenciennes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 2: 1-180 figs 1-15 pls 1-11 [71].
Clupea macrolepis Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 16(4): 29-34 [31] [described subsequently in more detail in Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den k.k. Zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. I. Zur Fischfauna von süd-Australien. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 41(2): 1–15 figs 1–9 [13]].
Type data:
Holotype SMNS 2292 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397–428 figs 1–45 pl. 30 [fig. 8]), Townsville, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P., Boeseman, M. & Wheeler, A.C. 1966. The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific elopoid and clupeoid fishes. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 84: 1-159 pls 1-19 [70]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Onslow, Northwest Shelf, WA (21º38´S) to Townsville, QLD (19ºS); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [38] (as Clupea macrolepis)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (165, as Harengula macrolepis)

Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [402]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (183)

Common Name References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (Northern Herring)

Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [402] (Deep Herring)

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Genus Etrumeus Bleeker, 1853

Etrumeus Bleeker, P. 1853. Nalezingen op de ichthyologie van Japan. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 25: 1-56 pls 6-10 [48].
Type species:
Clupea micropus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast

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Species Etrumeus teres (DeKay, 1842)

CAAB: 37085001

Maray, Northern Herring, Red-eye Round Herring, Round Herring

Alosa teres DeKay, J.E. 1842. Zoology of New York; or, the New York fauna. In, Natural History of New York. Fishes. Part 4. Albany : W. & A. White & J. Visscher. 415 pp. 79 pls [262, pl. 40(128)].
Type data:
Holotype NYSM (current whereabouts unknown), the New York region.
Etrumeus jacksoniensis Macleay, W.J. 1878. Descriptions of some new fishes from Port Jackson and King George's Sound. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 3(1): 33-37 pls 2-5 [36, pl. 4(1)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM I.16257–001 (2) (ex Macleay Museum Coll., MAMU F66), Port Jackson, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1963. A revision of the recent round herrings (Pisces : Dussumieriidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series 10(6): 305-380 figs 1-33 [321]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern QLD to Fremantle, WA (32º03´S); temperate, circumglobal (except central and northern parts of east Atlantic).

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [98] (as Etrumeus jacksoniensis)

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [37] (as Etrumeus jacksoniensis)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (172)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (177)

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. [221] (Round Herring)

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [95] (Northern Herring)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Print 992 pp., 811 figs. [220]) (Maray)

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Genus Herklotsichthys Whitley, 1951

Herklotsichthys Whitley, G.P. 1951. New fish names and records. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1949–50: 61-68 figs 8-10 [67] [nom. nov. for Herklotsella Fowler, 1934].
Herklotsella Fowler, H.W. 1934. Descriptions of new fishes obtained in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 85: 233-367 figs 1-115 [246] [junior homonym of Herklotsella Herre, 1934].
Type species:
Harengula dispilonotus Bleeker, 1852 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, N coast, NW coast

General References

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Species Herklotsichthys blackburni (Whitley, 1948)

CAAB: 37085022

Blackburn's Herring, Blackburn's Yellowfin Herring

Macrura blackburni Whitley, G.P. 1948. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 4. The Australian Zoologist 11(3): 259-276 figs 1-7 pls 24-25 [266].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.2010, Port Hedland, WA.
Paratype(s) AM IB.2009, IB.2011-15 (6).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Onslow (21º38´S) to Port Hedland, (20º18´S), Northwest Shelf, WA; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23] (163, as Harengula blackburni)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (190)

Common Name References

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Species Herklotsichthys castelnaui (Ogilby, 1897)

CAAB: 37085023

Southern Herring, Castelnau's Herring, Estuary Herring, Pilcher, Sprat, Striped Herring

Kowala castelnaui Ogilby, J.D. 1897. New genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 62-95 [66].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Sydney, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Bloomfield River, QLD (15º56´S) to Mallacoota, VIC; tropical, temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [90] (as Harengula abbreviata)

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [93]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [35]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [38, 39] (as Sardinella abbreviata, as Harengula castelnaui)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (164, as Harengula abbreviata)

Raadik, T.A. 1992. Distribution of freshwater fishes in east Gippsland, Victoria, 1967–1991. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 104: 1-22 [8]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (184)

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. [221] (Sprat)

Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [246] (Estuary Herring, Pilcher, Striped Herring)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department pp. 640. [90]) (Southern Herring)

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Species Herklotsichthys collettei Wongratana, 1987

CAAB: 37085031

Collette's Herring

Herklotsichthys collettei Wongratana, T. 1987. Four new species of clupeoid fishes (Clupeidae and Engraulidae) from Australian waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(1): 104-111 [105, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.25464-004, Shark Bay, Western Australia [26°10´S, 113°11´E].
Paratype(s) AM IB.1637; CSIRO C2880-81 (18); CSIRO C2895 (12); WAM P.2544-45 (2); WAM P.22574; WAM P.23870; WAM P.25464-002 (6); WAM P.26667-001; WAM P.27380-001.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay to Port Hedland, WA; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic.

General References

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Collette's Herring)

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Species Herklotsichthys gotoi Wongratana, 1983

CAAB: 37085024

Darwin Herring, Goto's Herring

Herklotsichthys gotoi Wongratana, T. 1983. Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 385-407 figs 1-25 [391, fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1913.12.9.179, Mimiko River, Papua New Guinea.
Paratype(s) USNM 242185.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Darwin, NT (130ºE) and Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (140ºE); tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [39] (as Harengula bulan)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23] (158, Harengula bulan)

Common Name References

Munroe, T.A., Wongratana, T. & Nizinski, M.S. 1999. Family Clupeidae. pp. 1775-1821 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. [1798] (FAO; Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. 1–303 pp. [77]) (Goto's Herring)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Munro, I.S.R. [1956–] 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos. 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1–172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23]) (Darwin Herring)

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Species Herklotsichthys koningsbergeri (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912)

CAAB: 37085007

Largespotted Herring, Koningsberger's Herring, Large-spotted Herring, Mcculloch's Herring, Spotted Herring

Clupea (Harengula) koningsbergeri Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. 1912. Contributions to the knowledge of Indo-Australian fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology (Supplement) 17(3): 1-21 fig. 1 [14].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMA 100864-65 (10), Aru Island (Arafura Sea, Irian Jaya).
Harengula maccullochi Whitley, G.P. 1931. Studies in Ichthyology No. 5. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 138-160 figs 1-2 pls 20-21 [143, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.12827 (ex WAM P.17), Port Hedland, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [78]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Carnarvon (24º53´S) to Broome (17º57´S), WA; tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [39] (as Harengula koningsbergeri)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23] (161, as Harengula koninsbergeri and 162, as Harengula maccullochi)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [62]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (189, 192)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [90] (Spotted Herring)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23] (Mcculloch's Herring)

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

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Species Herklotsichthys lippa (Whitley, 1931)

CAAB: 37085008

Smallspotted Herring, Australian Spotted Herring, Small-spotted Herring

Harengula lippa Whitley, G.P. 1931. Studies in Ichthyology No. 5. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 138-160 figs 1-2 pls 20-21 [142, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.12828 (ex WAM P.18), Port Hedland, WA.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern WA to Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD; tropical, New Guinea (Aru Island); frequently confused with H. koningsbergeri.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23] (as Harengula lippa)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [64]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (188)

Common Name References

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

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Species Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837)

CAAB: 37085025

Goldspot Herring, Bluestripe Herring, Fourspot Herring, Gold-spot Herring, Murray Island Sardine, Oily Herring, Small-spotted Herring

Clupea quadrimaculatus Rüppell, W.P.E. 1837. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt Vol. 3, pp. 53–80, pls 15–21. [78, pl. 21(3)].
Type data:
Lectotype SMF 4648, Bay of Massawa, Red Sea.
Paralectotype(s) SMF 78 (1); SMF 4649-52 (4).
Subsequent designation references:
Dor, M. 1984. CLOFRES, Checklist of the Fishes of the Red Sea. Jerusalem : Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 437 pp. 2 figs. [41].
Clupea profundus Saville-Kent, W. 1889. Preliminary Report on the Food-fishes of Queensland. Brisbane : Government Printer 12 pp. 16 pls. [11] [nom. nud.].
Clupea ranelayi Saville-Kent, W. 1889. Preliminary Report on the Food-fishes of Queensland. Brisbane : Government Printer 12 pp. 16 pls. [11] [nom. nud.].
Clupea torresiensis Saville-Kent, W. 1889. Preliminary Report on the Food-fishes of Queensland. Brisbane : Government Printer 12 pp. 16 pls. [11] [nom. nud.].
Harengula stereolepis Ogilby, J.D. 1898. New species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(4): 759-761 [759].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.12175, Darnley Island, Torres Strait.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA (25ºS) to Michaelmas Cay (16º35´S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [93]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [37] (as C. profundus, as C. torresiensis, C. ranelayi, as Harengula punctata)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23] (159, as Harengula lippa, 160, as Harengula ovalis)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [47]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [47]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (193)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [93] (Gold-spot Herring)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23] (Murray Island Sardine, Oily Herring)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [47] (Fourspot Herring)

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Genus Hyperlophus Ogilby, 1892

Hyperlophus Ogilby, J.D. 1892. On some undescribed reptiles and fishes from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 2(2): 23-26 [26].
Type species:
Clupea sprattelides Ogilby, 1892 by subsequent designation, see Ogilby, J.D. 1897. New genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 62-95 [71] (= Meletta vittatus Castelnau, 1875).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast

General References

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Species Hyperlophus translucidus McCulloch, 1917

CAAB: 37085026

Glassy Sprat, Transparent Sandy Sprat

Hyperlophus translucidus McCulloch, A.R. 1917. Studies in Australian fishes, No. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 11(7): 163-188 figs 1-2 pls 29-31 [165, pl. 29(3)].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.11403, Sans Souci, Botany Bay, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM I.18464-001 (5).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Caloundra, QLD (26º48´S) to Botany Bay, NSW (33º59´S); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [40]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (169)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (199)

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd pp. 880. [93]) (Glassy Sprat)

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Species Hyperlophus vittatus (Castelnau, 1875)

CAAB: 37085005

Sandy Sprat, Glassy, White Pilchard, Whitebait

Meletta vittatus 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. [46].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 3755 (5), Hobson's Bay, Melbourne, VIC.
Clupea sprattellides Ogilby, J.D. 1892. On some undescribed reptiles and fishes from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 2(2): 23-26 [24].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.3034, Parramatta River, Port Jackson, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM I.11311-12 (2).
Hyperlophus (Omochetus) copii Ogilby, J.D. 1897. New genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 62-95 [72].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM I.3699 (12), Maroubra, NSW (as 'our coast'); USNM 48827 (2), Maroubra, NSW (as 'our coast').

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [188]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, QLD (27º42´S) to Kalbarri, WA (27º42´S); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [35]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [40]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (168)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (198)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [149]

Common Name References

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [149] (Glassy, White Pilchard)

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Genus Nematalosa Regan, 1917

Nematalosa Regan, C.T. 1917. A revision of the clupeoid fishes of the genera Pomolobus, Brevoortia and Dorosoma and their allies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 19(26): 297-316 [313].
Type species:
Clupea nasus Bloch, 1795 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. 1920. The genera of fishes. Part 4. Stanford University Publications, University Series 43: 411-576 [560].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coast, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coast, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, N coastal, NW coast, NW coastal, W plateau

General References

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Species Nematalosa come (Richardson, 1846)

CAAB: 37085016

Hairback Herring, Hair-back Herring, Perth Herring, Western Pacific Gizzard Shad

Chatoessus come Richardson, J. 1846. Ichthyology. 53-74 pls 31-41, 43-44 & 53 (part) 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. 2 139 pp. [for date of publication Hureau, J.C. & Monod, Th. (eds) 1973. Checklist of the Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. CLOFNAM 1. Paris : UNESCO 331 pp. [127]] [62, pl. 38(7-9)] [as Chatoëssus come].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1971.4.26.1, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Swan River, WA (31º45´S) to Townsville QLD (19ºS) tropical, west Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [90]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [41]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (176)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (201)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [536] (Hairback Herring)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (Hair-back Herring)

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [7] (Perth Herring)

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

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Species Nematalosa erebi (Günther, 1868)

CAAB: 37085019

Bony Bream, Australian River Gizzard Shad, Hair-back Herring, Hairback Herring, Leichhardtian Bony Bream, Melon Fish, North-west Bony Bream, Ntepirtna [Australian Indigenous], Pyberry, Queensland Bony Bream, Tukari

Chatoessus erebi Günther, A. 1868. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae, [thru] Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 7 512 pp. [407] [as Chatoëssus erebi from Queensland and New South Wales].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1866.6.19.6, Mary River, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA F1063; BMNH.
Subsequent designation references:
Nelson, G.J. & Rothman, M.N. 1973. The species of gizzard shads (Dorosomatinae) with particular reference to the Indo-Pacific region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(2): 133-206 figs 1-13 [152].
Chatoessus richardsonii Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 8. Fishes of Western Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 123-149 [144] [as Chatoëssus Richardsonii].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Murray River, VIC.
Chatoessus elongatus Macleay, W.J. 1883. Notes on a collection of fishes from the Burdekin and Mary Rivers, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 199-213 [209] [as Chatoëssus elongatus].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.6018 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological descriptions and notes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 68(3, 4): 114–144 figs 1–12 [130 fig. 9]), Mary River, Maryborough, QLD.
Chatoessus horni Zietz, A.H.C. 1896. Pisces. pp. 176–180 pl. 16 in Spencer, B. (ed.) Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part 2. Zoology. London. [180, pl. 16(6)] [as Chatoëssus horni].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1897.1.20.59–63, Finke River, NT; NMV 57100-101, Finke River, Northern Territory; NMV A8572, Finke River, Northern Territory; NMV A8574-75, Finke River, Northern Territory; SAMA F1063, Finke River, Northern Territory.
Fluvialosa paracome Whitley, G.P. 1948. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 4. The Australian Zoologist 11(3): 259-276 figs 1-7 pls 24-25 [267].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.2619 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1956. List of native freshwater fishes of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1954-55: 39-47 [43 fig. 1]), Noonkanbah, Fitzroy River, WA.
Fluvialosa bulleri Whitley, G.P. 1948. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 4. The Australian Zoologist 11(3): 259-276 figs 1-7 pls 24-25 [267].
Type data:
Holotype WAM P.2945-001 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1956. List of native freshwater fishes of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1954-55: 39-47 [43 fig. 2]), Ord River, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Nelson, G.J. & Rothman, M.N. 1973. The species of gizzard shads (Dorosomatinae) with particular reference to the Indo-Pacific region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(2): 133-206 figs 1-13 [152]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ashburton River, WA (22ºS), in coastal rivers of north Australia to at least the Mary River, QLD (25º30´S) and throughout the lower reaches of the Murray-Darling system to SA; tropical; temperate, New Guinea.

IBRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Detritivore, freshwater, herbivore, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [26]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [65]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [41] (also as Nematalosa richardsoni, N. horni, N. elongata)

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [44]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [64]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [26] (178, as Fluviosa richardsoni, 180, as Fluvialosa bulleri and 181, as Fluvialosa paracome)

Wager, R. & Unmack, P.J. 2000. Fishes of the Lake Eyre Catchment of Central Australia. Brisbane : Department of Primary Industries and Queensland Fisheries Service 88 pp. [26]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (202-208)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [536] (Hair-back Herring, Queensland Bony Bream)

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [49] (Melon Fish, Pyberry, Tukari)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [64] (Hairback Herring)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [26] (Leichhardtian Bony Bream, North-west Bony Bream)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [64]; Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service pp. 238. [16], Australian Marketing Name) (Bony Bream)

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Species Nematalosa vlaminghi (Munro, 1957)

CAAB: 37085017

Perth Herring, Bony Bream, Western Australian Gizzard Shad

Fluvialosa vlaminghi Munro, I.S.R. 1957. Handbook of Australian fishes. No. 6. Fisheries Newsletter. Australia 15(12): 15-18 figs 171-198 [15, fig. 177].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.1835, Collie River, WA.
Paratype(s) AM IB.1833-34, IB.1836-37 (4).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bunbury (32º03´S) to Broome (17º58´S), WA; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1982. Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 86 pp. 6 figs 20 pls. [24]

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [75]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (177)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (206)

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [75]) (Perth Herring)

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Genus Potamalosa Ogilby, 1897

Potamalosa Ogilby, J.D. 1897. [Notes on Potamalosa and Hyperlophus]. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21(4): 504-505 [504].
Type species:
Potamalosa novaehollandiae Ogilby, 1897 by monotypy (= Clupea richmondia Macleay, 1879).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast, SE coastal
- Victoria: Bass Strait, SE coastal

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Species Potamalosa richmondia (Macleay, 1879)

CAAB: 37085027

Freshwater Herring, Australian Freshwater Herring, Nepean Herring

Clupea richmondia Macleay, W.J. 1879. On the Clupeidae of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 4(3): 363-385 [380] [as Clupea Richmondia].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Richmond River, NSW.
Potamalosa antiqua Ogilby, J.D. 1897. New genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 62-95 [70].
Type data:

Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, eastern rivers of NSW; MNHP 1897-389, Nepean River [probably NSW, although given as 'Riv. Nepean, Victoria' in [248]].
Potamalosa novaehollandiae Ogilby, J.D. 1897. [Notes on Potamalosa and Hyperlophus]. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21(4): 504-505 [504].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Bertin, L. 1941. Mise au point sur quelques espèces de clupéidés. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 66: 18-25 [19]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Richmond River, NSW (28º50´S) to Mallacoota, VIC; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast, SE coastal
- Victoria: Bass Strait, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, pelagic.

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [66]

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [58]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [40]

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [46]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [66]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (167)

Pidgeon, R.W.J. 1989. Age and growth of freshwater herring, Potamalosa richmondia Macleay (Clupeidae: Hyperlophinae), in the Bellinger River, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40: 679-692 [679]

Raadik, T.A. 1992. Distribution of freshwater fishes in east Gippsland, Victoria, 1967–1991. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 104: 1-22 [8]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (197)

Common Name References

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [66] (Nepean Herring)

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Genus Sardinella Valenciennes, 1847

Sardinella Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [18].
Type species:
Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 by subsequent designation, see Gill, T.N. 1861. Synopsis of the subfamily of Clupeinae, with descriptions of new genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13: 33-38 [35].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

General References

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Species Sardinella albella (Valenciennes, 1847)

CAAB: 37085014

White Sardinella, Perforated-scale Sardine

Kowala albella Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [362].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 665, Pondicherry (India).
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 3231.
Subsequent designation references:
Whitehead, P.J.P. 1967. The clupeoid fishes described by Lacépède, Cuvier & Valenciennes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 2: 1-180 figs 1-15 pls 1-11 [53].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Hedland, WA (20ºS) to Cape Ferguson, Townsville, QLD (19º15´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [39] (as Harengula bulan)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [495]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [62]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (187)

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [495]; Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. 1–303 pp. [91], FAO) (White Sardinella)

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Species Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker, 1852

CAAB: 37085028

Deepbody Sardinella

Sardinella brachysoma Bleeker, P. 1852. Bijdrage tot de kennis der Makreelachtige visschen van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 24: 1-93 [19].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1867.11.28.38, Jakarta (as Batavia), Indonesia.
Paralectotype(s) AM I.129 (possible type); RMNH 7089 (14) (possible types).
Subsequent designation references:
Whitehead, P.J.P., Boeseman, M. & Wheeler, A.C. 1966. The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific elopoid and clupeoid fishes. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 84: 1-159 pls 1-19 [50].
Meletta schlegelii Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 5. Notes on fishes from north Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 83-97 [93].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 3716, Port Darwin (NT).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [95]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Darwin (130º50´E) to about Drysdale Island (136ºE), NT; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [38] (as Clupea schlegelii)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (194)

Common Name References

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Species Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849)

CAAB: 37085013

Goldstripe Sardinella, Fringe-scaled Pilchard, Fringed-scaled Sardine, Gold-stripe Sardine, Goldstripe Sardine, Tembang

Clupea gibbosa Bleeker, P. 1849. A contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyological fauna of Celebes. Journal of the Indian Archipelago & Eastern Asia 3: 65-74 [72].
Type data:
Neotype BMNH 1867.11.28.46, Makassar, Indonesia.
Subsequent designation references:
Whitehead, P.J.P., Boeseman, M. & Wheeler, A.C. 1966. The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific elopoid and clupeoid fishes. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 84: 1-159 pls 1-19 [57].
Fimbriclupea dactylolepis Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [399, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.13254, Port Sampson, WA.
Paratype(s) AM 13255-57 (3).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [100]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fremantle, WA (31º59´S) to Ulladulla, NSW (35º22´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

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. [302]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [38] (as Sardinella fasciata)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [22] (156, as Sardinella jussieu and p. 23, 157, as S. dactylolepis)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [495]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [62]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (186)

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50] (Goldstripe Sardine)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [23] (Fringed-scaled Sardine, Tembang)

Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [400] (Fringe-scaled Pilchard)

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Species Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, 1853

CAAB: 37085018

Scaly Mackerel, Bali Sardinella, Fremantle Pilchard, Westralian Sardine

Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, P. 1853. Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Batavia. Tiental I–VI. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 451-516 [500].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1867.11.28.41, Jakarta (as Batavia), Indonesia.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH 7103, 28926; MNHP 3226 (possible type).
Subsequent designation references:
Whitehead, P.J.P., Boeseman, M. & Wheeler, A.C. 1966. The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific elopoid and clupeoid fishes. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 84: 1-159 pls 1-19 [48].
Amblygaster posterus Whitley, G.P. 1931. Studies in Ichthyology No. 5. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 138-160 figs 1-2 pls 20-21 [144].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.12826 (formerly WAM 10710, figured in Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397–428 figs 1–45 pl. 30 [fig.6]), off Fremantle, WA.
Paratype(s) AM I.11224-25; AM I.13186-88.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [103]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Albany (35ºS) to Port Hedland (20º18´S), WA; tropical, temperate, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [95]

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [75]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [22] (154, as Amblygaster postera)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (181)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [95] (Westralian Sardine)

Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [401] (Fremantle Pilchard)

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Species Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829)

CAAB: 37085033

Blacktip Sardinella

Clupea melanura Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Poissons. Paris : Fortin, Masson et Co. Vol. 2 Nouvelle édition, pp. 122-406. [318].
Type data:
Neotype MNHP 3233, Vanikoro.
Subsequent designation references:
Whitehead, P.J.P. 1967. The clupeoid fishes described by Lacépède, Cuvier & Valenciennes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 2: 1-180 figs 1-15 pls 1-11 [62].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York, QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific (east to Samoa).

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Munroe, T.A., Wongratana, T. & Nizinski, M.S. 1999. Family Clupeidae. pp. 1775-1821 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 pp. 1397–2068. [1815], FAO) (Blacktip Sardinella)

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Genus Sardinops Hubbs, 1929

Sardinops Hubbs, C.L. 1929. The generic relationships and nomenclature of the California sardine. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 18(11): 261-265 [264].
Type species:
Maletta caerulea Girard, 1854 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern North Pacific, eastern South Pacific, southern Africa, western North Pacific and New Zealand.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast

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Species Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842)

CAAB: 37085002

Australian Sardine, Australian Pilchard, Bloater, Blue Bait, Blue Pilchard, Blue-bait, Bluebait, Mulie, Mulies, Picton Herring, Pilchard, Sardine, Smig, Westralian Pilchard

Clupea sagax Jenyns, L. 1842. Part 4 Fishes. pp. 97-172 pls 21-29 in Darwin, C. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. London : Smith, Elder & Co. [134].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1917.7.25.2 skin, Lima, San Lorenzo Island, Peru.
Clupea neopilchardus Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 16(4): 29-34 [described subsequently in more detail Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den k.k. Zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. I. Zur Fischfauna von süd-Australien. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 41(2): 1–15 figs 1–9 [12]].
Type data:
Holotype SMNS (missing), Hobson's Bay, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Parrish, R.H., Serra, R. & Grant, W.S. 1989. The monotypic sardine, Sardina and Sardinops: Their taxonomy, distribution, stock structure, and zoogeography. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences [formerly Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada] 46(11): 2019-2036 [2021]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Hervey Bay, QLD (25ºS) to Kalbarri, WA (27º42´S); temperate, South Pacific and south Atlantic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, epipelagic, inshore, schooling.

General References

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [722] (as S. sagax neopilchardus)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [34] (as S. neopilchardus)

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [40]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [22] (152, as Sardinops neopilchardus)

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1970. The clupeoid fishes described by Steindachner. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 20(1): 1-46 [16]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (195, as S. neopilchardus)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [148] (as S. neopilchardus)

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. [224] (Bloater, Blue Bait, Blue Pilchard, Mulies, Picton Herring, Sardine)

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [89] (Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service pp. 238. [128], Australian Marketing Name) (Pilchard)

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [95] (Westralian Pilchard)

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [170] (Blue-bait, Mulie)

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [3] (Smig)

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Genus Spratelloides Bleeker, 1851

Spratelloides Bleeker, P. 1851. Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 2: 209-224 [214].
Type species:
Clupea argyrotaeniata Bleeker, 1849 by monotypy (= Clupea gracilis Schlegel, 1846).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast, SW coast

General References

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Species Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832)

CAAB: 37085029

Blueback Sprat, Blue-backed Sprat, Delicate Round Herring, Northern Blue Sprat

Clupea delicatula Bennett, E.T. 1832. Observations on a collection of fishes from Mauritius, presented by Mr Telfair, with characters of new genera and species, remaining portion. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1: 165-169 [dated 1830–1831] [168].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Mauritius.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Geographe Bay, WA (33º37´S) to Moreton Bay, QLD (27º30´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [722]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [37] (as Stolephorus delicatulus)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (173)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [47]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (180)

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [88] (Northern Blue Sprat)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [47] (Blue-backed Sprat)

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

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Species Spratelloides gracilis (Schlegel, 1846)

CAAB: 37085030

Slender Sprat, Silver Stripe Round Herring

Clupea gracilis Schlegel, H. in Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1846. Pisces. 227-247 pls 104 (in part), 105-110 in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(13). [238, pl. 108(2)].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH 3260a, south-eastern coast of Nagasaki, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH 3260b-k (10), south-east coast of Nagasaki, Japan.
Subsequent designation references:
Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5 [175].
Clupea argyrotaeniata Bleeker, P. 1849. A contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyological fauna of Celebes. Journal of the Indian Archipelago & Eastern Asia 3: 65-74 [72].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM B.7960, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia; BMNH 1867.11.28.47, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia; MNHP 3703, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia; RMNH 24956, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia; SMNS 10584, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [34]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos (28º30´S) to North West Cape (22ºS), WA and tropical QLD to One Tree Island (23º30´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [50]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (174, as S. japonicus)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (178)

Common Name References

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Species Spratelloides robustus Ogilby, 1897

CAAB: 37085003

Blue Sprat, Blue Sardine, Bluebait, Fringe-scale Round Herring, Sprat

Spratelloides robustus Ogilby, J.D. 1897. New genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 62-95 [64].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.3668, coast of NSW (=Maroubra).
Paratype(s) AM I.37831-001 (2); USNM 48824 (6).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, QLD (27º30´S) to Dampier Archipelago, WA (20º33´S); tropical, temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, NW coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

General References

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [722]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [35]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [37] (as Stolephorus robustus)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [25] (175)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (179)

Wongratana, T. 1983. Diagnoses of 24 new species and proposal of a new name for a species of Indo-Pacific clupeoid fishes. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 385-407 figs 1-25 (removed from synonymy of S. delicatulus)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [146]

Common Name References

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [18] (Blue Sardine)

Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [251] (Bluebait, Sprat)

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Genus Sprattus Girgensohn, 1846

Sprattus Girgensohn, O.G.L. 1846. Anatomie und physiologie des Fisch-nervensystems. Mémoires Préséntés à l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg par divers Savants et dans ses Assemblées 5: 275-589 pls 1-15 [534].
Type species:
Sprattus haleciformis Girgensohn, 1846 by monotypy (= Clupea sprattus Linnaeus, 1758).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Western South Atlantic, eastern tropical Atlantic and New Zealand.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait, SE coastal

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Species Sprattus novaehollandiae (Valenciennes, 1847)

CAAB: 37085004

Australian Sprat, Sprat

Meletta novaehollandiae Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [376] [as Meletta novae-hollandiae].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.9312, Port Jackson, NSW.
Clupea (Pomolobus) bassensis McCulloch, A.R. 1911. Report on the fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Part 1. Zoological (Biological) Results. Endeavour 1(1): 1-87 figs 1-20 pls 1-16 [16, pl. 4(2)].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM E.6496, off Flinders Island and off Storm Bay, TAS; AM I.10382–3, off Flinders Island and off Storm Bay, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Whitehead, P.J.P. & Bauchot, M.L. 1985. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, (Suite) Ordre des Clupéiforms (Familles des Clupeidae, Engraulididae et Denticipitidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 7(4 Suppl.): 1-77 [48]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, NSW (33º50´S) to SA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, inshore, pelagic.

General References

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [172] (as Clupea bassensis)

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [38] (as Clupea (Pomolobus) bassensis)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (166, as Clupea bassensis)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (182)

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. [225] (Sprat)

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Incertae Sedis

Harengula abbreviata Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 20 472 pp. pls 591-606. [296] [considered nom. dub. by Whitehead, P.J.P. & Bauchot, M.L. 1985. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, (Suite) Ordre des Clupéiforms (Familles des Clupeidae, Engraulididae et Denticipitidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 7(4 Suppl.): 1–77].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Australia (as New Holland).

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Order CLUPEIFORMES

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Family ENGRAULIDAE

Anchovies

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Genus Encrasicholina Fowler, 1938

Type species:

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Species Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley, 1940)

Devis' Anchovy, De Vis's Anchovy

Type data:

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Species Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)

Shorthead Anchovy, East Indian Anchovy

Type data:

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Species Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938

Buccaneer Anchovy

Type data:

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Genus Engraulis Cuvier, 1816

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Species Engraulis australis (White, 1790)

Australian Anchovy, Anchovy, Blue Bait, Frogmouth, Frogmouth Pilchard, Smig, Southern Anchovy, Whitebait

Type data:

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