Species Craterocephalus fulvus Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987

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• Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvus Ivantsoff, W., Crowley, L.E.L.M. & Allen, G.R. 1987. Descriptions of three new species and one subspecies of freshwater hardyhead (Pisces: Atherinidae: Craterocephalus) from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(2): 171-188 [172, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.25480-001, Wirrabilla Lagoon, Collarenebri, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM IB.784.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum Günther, 1867. —
  Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [92] (a misidentification)
  Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [148] (a misidentification, in part)

 

Introduction

Often treated as Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvus, one of two subspecies of C. stercusmuscarum along with C. stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum. Both treated here as separate species, based on work by McGlashen & Hughes (2000) and Unmack & Dowling (2010). Those studies found complex patterns of variation with five different genetic stocks.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Approximate range from Maryborough, QLD (25º26'S) to northern NSW and throughout the Murray Darling System, may occur as far north as Townsville but more work is required on this and related species to properly determine distribution; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, pelagic.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [79] (as Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvus)

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [138] (as C. stercusmuscarum fulvus)

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [92] (as Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum)

Ivantsoff, W. 1978. Taxonomic and systematic review of the Australian fish species of the family Atherinidae with references to related species of the Old World. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Macquarie University, Sydney 701 pp. 118 figs. [279] (as C. stercusmuscarum fulvus)

Kuiter, R.H. 2013. Pictorial Guide to Victoria's Freshwater Fishes. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics 178 pp. [97]

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [131] (as C. stercusmuscarum fulvus)

McGlashan, D.J. & Hughes, J.M. 2000. Reconciling patterns of genetic variation with stream structure, earth history and biology in the Australian freshwater fish Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (Atherinidae). Molecular Ecology 9: 1737-1751

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [148] (as Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum)

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2004. Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 684 pp. [180] (as C. stercusmuscarum fulvus)

Unmack, P.J. & Dowling, T.E. 2010. Biogeography of the genus Craterocephalus (Teleostei: Atherinidae) in Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(3): 968-984 [979]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Unspecked Hardyhead, Tawny Hardyhead)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2014	ATHERINIFORMES	29-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)