Species Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Xiphochilus robustus Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 4 534 pp. [98].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1840.12.12.10 dry, Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean.

 

Generic Combinations

• Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862). —
  Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal Fishes of Oman. Bathurst : Crawford House Publishing 439 pp. [273] (changed combination cited)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Browse Island, North West Shelf, WA (14°06'S, 123°33'E) to southeast of Evans Shoal, Arafura Sea, NT (10°06'S, 129°38'E); tropical, Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

40-70 m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [647]

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. [235, 348]

Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 398. [54]

Mabuchi, K., Ikeda, H., Nakabo, T. & Nishida, M. 2002. Genetic comparison of two Choerodon (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Labridae) color-types from the southern coasts of Japan. Species Diversity 7(4): 387-392 [388]

Puckridge, M., Last, P.R. & Andreakis, N. 2015. The role of peripheral endemism and habitat associations in the evolution of the Indo-West Pacific tuskfishes (Labridae: Choerodon). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 64-72 [66]

 

Common Name References

FishBase 2013. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Robust Tuskfish)

Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 398. [54] (Robust Tuskfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	LABROIDEI	29-Apr-2015	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)