Species Craterocephalus helenae Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen, 1987

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• Craterocephalus helenae 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 [177, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.25456-003, downstream from Gibb River Road, Kimberley, WA [15°41´S, 126°32´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.25436-001; AM I.25449-001; WAM P.25406-009; WAM P.25424-008; WAM P.25456-012; WAM P.25873-010.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Craterocephalus species A. —
  Allen, G.R. 1982. Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 86 pp. 6 figs 20 pls. [40]
• Craterocephalus sp. 1. —
  Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [147]
• Craterocephalus marjoriae Whitley, 1948. —
  Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [41-42] (a misidentification, in part)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from the Drysdale River, Kimberley region, from lower section near Carson River Station (14º30'S) to upper section at Kulumburu Road crossing (15º42'S), WA; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, pelagic.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1982. Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 86 pp. 6 figs 20 pls. [40] (as Craterocephalus species A)

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [82]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [134]

Crowley, L.E.L.M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1992. Redefinition of the freshwater fish genus Craterocephalus (Teleostei: Atherinidae) of Australia and New Guinea with an analysis of three species. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 3(3): 273-287 [280]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [147] (as C. sp. 1)

 

Common Name References

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [147] (Drysdale Hardyhead)

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