Species Mordacia mordax (Richardson, 1846)
Shorthead Lamprey, Australian Lamprey, Murray Lamprey, Short-headed Lamprey
- Petromyzon mordax 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(3-6)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1855.10.3.84, TAS (as 'Seas of Van Diemen's Land').
Generic Combinations
- Mordacia mordax (Richardson, 1846). —
Gray, J.E. 1851. List of the Specimens of Fish in the Collection of the British Museum. Chondropterygii. London : British Museum 160 pp., 2 pls. [143] (changed combination as type of genus Mordacia) - Caragola mordax (Richardson, 1846). —
Waite, E.R. 1921. Illustrated catalogue of the fishes of South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2(1): 1-208 293 figs pl. 1 [9]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Coastal rivers and streams from Hawkesbury River, NSW (33º30´S) and one record from Richmond River (29°4'S , 153°21'E) to Kangaroo Island and Gawler SA (ca. 137º15´E) and some distance inland in the Murray and Murriubidgee rivers; temperate
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
IMCRA
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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Lower E coast, SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs, S Gulfs coast, SE coastal
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Anadromous, estuary, freshwater, inshore.
General References
Chilcott, S. J. & Humphries, P. 1996. Freshwater fish of northeast Tasmania with notes on the dwarf galaxias. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 103: 145-149 [145]
Glover, C.J.M. 1994. Families Petromyzontidae, Myxinidae, Hexanchidae, Heterodontidae. pp. 82-90 figs 17-26 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. [83]
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Geotriidae and Mordaciidae. pp. 28-29 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [29]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [3]
McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [33]
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] [2] (3)
Neira, F.J., Bradley, J.S., Potter, I.C. & Hillard, R.W. 1988. Morphological variation among widely dispersed larval populations of anadromous southern hemisphere lampreys (Geotriidae and Mordaciidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 383-408
Potter, I.C. 1968. Mordacia praecox, n. sp., a nonparasitic lamprey (Petromyzontidae), from New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 92(3): 254-261 figs 1-3 pl. 14 [254] (recorded from NSW)
Potter, I.C., Lanzing, W.J.R. & Strahan, R. 1968. Morphometric and meristic studies on populations of Australian lampreys of the genus Mordacia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 47: 533-546
Potter, I.C. & Strahan, R. 1968. The taxonomy of lampreys Geotria and Mordacia and their distribution in Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 179(2): 229-240 figs 1-2
Raadik, T.A. 1992. Distribution of freshwater fishes in east Gippsland, Victoria, 1967–1991. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 104: 1-22 [6]
Strahan, R. 1960. A comparison of the ammocoete and macrophthalmia stages of Mordacia mordax and Geotria australis (Petromyzonidae). Pacific Science 14: 416-420
Whitley, G.P. 1956. Freshwater fishes of Australia. 2. — Lampreys. Aqualife 1(9): 9-12
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (9)
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. [83] (Shorthead Lamprey, Murray Lamprey, Short-headed Lamprey)
Renaud, C.B. 2011. Lampreys of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Lamprey Species Known to Date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes No. 5. Rome : FAO 116 pp. [21] (Australian Lamprey)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Shorthead Lamprey)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2011 | 15-Nov-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |