Species Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)
Amberjack, Allied Kingfish, Greater Amberjack, Samson Fish
- Caranx dumerili Risso, A. 1810. Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du département des Alpes Maritimes. Paris : F. Schaell 388 pp. 11 pls. [175, pl. 6(20)] [as Caranx Dumerili].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP B.868, Nice, France. - Seriola simplex Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1886. Descriptions of two new fishes from Port Jackson. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 10(4): 757-758 [757].
Type data:
Holotype AM B.9205 (figured in McCulloch, A.R. 1915. Report on some fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part 3. Biological Results Endeavour 3(3): 97–170 figs 1–3 pls 13–37 [pl. 37(3)]), NSW (probably from Port Jackson). - Regificola parilis Whitley, G.P. 1948. Studies in Ichthyology No. 13. Records of the Australian Museum 22(1): 70-94 figs 1-11 [92, fig. 10].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.6709, Mooloolabah, QLD. - Seriola purpurascens Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1845. Pisces. pp. 113-132 pls 60 (in part), 61-71 in Siebold, P.Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(7). [113, pl. 61].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH D.2192 skin, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH D.864; RMNH 1294; RMNH D.2271; ZMB 8148.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 [103].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Quéro, J.C. & Desoutter, M. 1990. Carangidae. pp. 729-755 in Quéro, J.-C., Hureau, J.-C., Karrer, C., Post, A. & Saldanha, L. (eds). Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. Paris : UNESCO 1492 pp., 3 vols. [747]
Generic Combinations
- Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810). —
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. [315] (changed combination with description of genus Seriola) - Regificola simplex (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [43]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Albany (117º53´E) to Rowley Shoals (17º30´S), WA and Noosa Heads, QLD (26º23´S) to off Kiola, NSW (35º34´S), Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island; temperate, Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific (antitropical).
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [400]
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [161]
- Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6 [47]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [319]
- Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1999. Family Carangidae. pp. 2659-2756 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2738]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
18–360 m.
General References
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [299]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [183] (as Seriola simplex)
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] [123] (803, as Seriola purpurascens)
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1999. Family Carangidae. pp. 2659-2756 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2738]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [43] (1005 as Regificola simplex)
Common Name References
Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [77] (Allied Kingfish, Greater Amberjack)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [131] (Amberjack)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Amberjack)
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1999. Family Carangidae. pp. 2659-2756 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2738] (FAO) (Greater Amberjack)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [270] (Samson Fish)
History of changes
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| 13-Dec-2012 | 31-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |