Species Contusus brevicaudus Hardy, 1981

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• Contusus brevicaudus Hardy, G.S. 1981. A redescription of the pufferfish Contusus richei (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), and description of a second species of Contusus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 11-23 figs 1-3 [16, figs 1a, 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.20185–001, Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA.
  Paratype(s) WAM P.25722–001; AM I.20181–012; SAMA F.3906; NMV A.564; QVM 1976/5/6; USNM 214723; AM I.20228–001; AM I.13618; AM I.15724-006; AM I.16879-010; AM I.20166-007; AM I.20181-012; AM I.20194-007; AM I.20228-001; AM I.20232-017; CSIRO CA562-565; NMV A.59-60; NMV A.561-562; QVM 1972:5:6; QVM 1972:5:53; QVM 1972:5:703; QVM 1974:8:103; QVM 1978:6:65; SAMA F2754; SAMA F2794; SAMA F3599; WAM P.21821-001 1 spec.; WAM P.22203-001; WAM P.25064-008; WAM P.25183-001.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Amblyrhynchotes richei Fréminville, 1813. —
  Halstead, B.W. 1967. Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office Vol. 2 1070 pp. [685] (misidentification, in part)
• Contusus richei Fréminville, 1813 [before 1981 material of Contusus brevicaudus was often misidentified as C. richei]. —
  Whitley, G.P. 1947. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 3. The Australian Zoologist 11(2): 129-150 figs 1-3 pl. 11 [1484] (in part)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lake Macquarie, NSW (33°07'S) to off Green Head, north of Perth, WA (30°04'S) and throughout TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, estuary, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

0-20 m.

 

General References

Edgar, G.J. 2008. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland 2nd edn, 624 pp. [583]

Hardy, G.S. 1994. Family Tetraodontidae. pp. 902-912, figs 795-804 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. [904]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [421]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [515]

Matsuura, K. 2008. Families Ostraciidae, Tetraodontidae. pp. 842-856 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [851]

 

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. [904] (Hardys Toadfish)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [87] (Prickly Pufferfish)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [515] (Prickly Toadfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Prickly Toadfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)