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Species Congiopodus leucopaecilus (Richardson, 1846)

Southern Pigfish

 

Introduction

Although originally described from southern Australia, there are apparently no confirmed records of the species in Australia. It is common in New Zealand and it is unclear what the Australian records were based on (see Gomon 2008).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

From SA to off King George Sound, WA (117º58´E) but see introduction; temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand).


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

22-22m

 

General References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Congiopodidae: Pigfishes, Horsefishes. pp. 507 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [507]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [29]

Ishii, N. & Imamura, H. 2008. Phylogeny of the family Congiopodidae (Perciformes: Scorpaenoidea), with a proposal of new classification. Ichthyological Research 55(2): 148–161 [159]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [405]

Paulin, C.D. & Moreland, J.M. 1979. Congiopodus coriaceus, a new species of pigfish, and a redescription of C. leucopaecilus (Richardson) from New Zealand (Pisces : Congiopodidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 601-608 figs 1-3 (unable to confirm Australian records)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Congiopodidae. pp. 907-908 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [908]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [475]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [57] (2261)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
06-May-2015 SCORPAENIFORMES 14-Apr-2015 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED