Species Spratelloides gracilis (Schlegel, 1846)

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• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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), 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
  • 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)

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. [1817]

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]

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

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]) (Slender Sprat)

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] (FAO) (Silver Stripe Round Herring)

 

History of changes

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