Species Chironemus georgianus Cuvier, 1829
Western Kelpfish, Kelp Fish, Kelpfish, Large Kelp Fish, Little Kelp Fish, Southern Kelpfish, Tasselled Kelpfish
- Chironemus georgianus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 3 500 pp., pls 41-71. [78].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.3818, King George Sound, WA. - Threpterius chalceus Scott, T.D. 1954. Four new fishes from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11(2): 105-112 figs 1-3 pl. 22 [108, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA F2739, Kangaroo Island, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Chironemidae. pp. 638-641, figs 561-563 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. [639]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Lakes Entrance, VIC (37°53'S, 147°58'E) to Perth, WA (32°S) and TAS; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Inshore, marine, rock reef.
General References
Bauchot, M.-L. & Desoutter, M. 1989. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Suite) Sous-ordre des Percoidei (Familles des Aplodactylidae, Apolectidae, Arripidae, Cepolidae, Cheilodactylidae, Chironemidae, Cirrhitidae, Echeneidae, Enoplosidae, Embiotocidae, Gerreidae, Lactariidae, Latrididae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Malacanthidae, Menidae, Nandidae, Oplegnathidae, Owstoniidae, Pomatomidae et Rachycentridae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 11(2): 1-58 [11]
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Oplegnathidae and Chironemidae. pp. 619-622 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [621]
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Chironemidae. pp. 638-641, figs 561-563 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. [639]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [255]
Meléndez, R. & Dyer, B.S. 2010. Review of the southern hemisphere fish family Chironemidae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidei). Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 45: 683-693 [688]
Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1974. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 392 pp. figs. [232] (as Threpterius calceus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [47] (1376 and p. 48, 1380, as Threpterius chalceus)
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. [639] (Kelpfish, Southern Kelpfish, Tasselled Kelpfish)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [391] (Western Kelpfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western Kelpfish)
Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [105] (Large Kelp Fish, Little Kelp Fish)
Wedlick, L. 1980. What Fish is That. Newport, Victoira : Wedneil Publications 135 pp. [53] (Kelp Fish)
History of changes
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| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |