Species Congrogadus spinifer (Borodin, 1933)

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• Congrogadoides spinifer Borodin, N.A. 1933. A new Australian fish. Copeia 1933(3): 141-143 [141].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 33106, Broome, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Congrogadus spinifer (Borodin, 1933). —
  Winterbottom, R. 1986. Revision and vicariance biogeography of the subfamily Congrogadinae (Pisces: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Indo-Pacific Fishes 9: 1-34 figs 1-37 pl. 1 [11] (changed combination following Godkin & Winterbotttom (1985))

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA (22°15´S) to Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (140°48´E); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, rock reef, rubble bottom.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [174]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [108]

Godkin, C.M. & Winterbottom, R. 1985. Phylogeny of the family Congrogadidae (Pisces; Perciformes) and its placement as a subfamily of the Pseudochromidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 36(3): 633-671 figs 1-15

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [270] (as Congrogadoides spinifer)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [54] (1984, as Congrogadoides spinifer)

Winterbottom, R. 1986. Revision and vicariance biogeography of the subfamily Congrogadinae (Pisces: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Indo-Pacific Fishes 9: 1-34 figs 1-37 pl. 1 [11]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [108] (Spiny Eel-blenny)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [270] (Small-spot Eel-blenny)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spiny Eel Blenny)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Nov-2012		26-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED