Species Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775)

• Argentina machnata Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC P.17153 skin, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.

 

Generic Combinations

• Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775). —
  Fraser, T.H. 1973. The fish Elops machnata in South Africa. Special Publication J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 11: 1-6

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Albany to Shark Bay, WA; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, marine, pelagic, schooling.

Extra Ecological Information

0-40 m.

 

General References

Bray, D.J. 2008. Family Elopidae: Giant Herrings, Ten Pounders. pp. 154-155 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [303]

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [75]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Elopidae. pp. 221-222 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp.

 

Common Name References

Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [179] (Banana Fish, Lady Fish, Pincushion Fish, Ten-pounder)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [75] (Giant Herring)

Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [96] (Pin-cushion Fish)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [18] (Australian Giant Herring)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	17-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
27-Jul-2016		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		26-Jul-2010	MODIFIED