Species Creocele cardinalis (Ramsay, 1882)

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• Gobiesox cardinalis Ramsay, E.P. 1882. On a new species of Gobiesox from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(2): 148 [148].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM A.6793–6795, near George Town, northern TAS.

 

Generic Combinations

• Creocele cardinalis (Ramsay, 1882). —
  Briggs, J.C. 1955. A monograph of the clingfishes (order Xenopterygii). Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin 6: 1-224 figs 1-114 [12] (changed combination as type of genus Creocele)
• Diplocrepis cardinalis (Ramsay, 1882). —
  Waite, E.R. 1906. Descriptions of and notes on some South Australian and Tasmanian fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 6(3): 194-210 figs 34-36 [204; pl 36, fig 2]
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [360]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Nadgee, NSW (37°26'S) to Kangaroo Island, SA (137°12'E) and throughout coastal TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, rock reef.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 305-324, figs 269-289 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. [321]

Hutchins, J.B. 2008. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 722-741 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [737]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [32]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [478]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [360] (as Diplocrepis cardinalis)

Waite, E.R. 1906. Descriptions of and notes on some South Australian and Tasmanian fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 6(3): 194-210 figs 34-36 [204; pl 36, fig 2] (as Diplocrepis cardinalis)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [54] (1998)

 

Common Name References

Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Gobiesocidae. pp. 305-324, figs 269-289 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. [321] (Broad Clingfish)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [478] (Cardinal Clingfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Oct-2013	GOBIESOCOIDEI	09-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)