Species Craterocephalus marianae Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987

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• Craterocephalus marianae 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 [179, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.18523-001, Jabiru, Magela Creek, NT [12°41´S, 132°55´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.16859-027; AM I.18523-002; AM I.18541-001; BMNH 1983.12.8.1-5; CAS 53748; UMMZ 212147; WAM P.28195-001.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Craterocephalus marjoriae Whitley, 1948. —
  Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [41] (a misidentification, in part)
  Ivantsoff, W. 1980. Family Atherinidae. pp. 132-137 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [135-136] (as misidentification, in part)

 

Introduction

This species has frequently been misidentified as Craterocephalus marjoriae by previous workers (see Ivantsoff et al. 1987)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

South Alligator River (132º32'E) to Mann River (134º06'E), NT; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, pelagic.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [136]

Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [34]

 

Common Name References

Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [34] (Mariana's Hardyhead)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Mariana's Hardyhead)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2014	ATHERINIFORMES	14-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)