Species Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus Hutchins, 1977

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• Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus Hutchins, J.B. 1977. Descriptions of three new genera and eight new species of monacanthid fishes from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 5(1): 3-58 figs 1-13 [28, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.5204–001, Beagle Island, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM P.9156–001; WAM P.9157–001; WAM P.9159–001; WAM P.11828-001; WAM P.11829-001; WAM P.14845-001; WAM P.14875-001; WAM P.14887-001; WAM P.22100-001; WAM P.22310-001; WAM P.25555-001; WAM P.25556-001; WAM P.25557-001; WAM P.25558-001; WAM P.25559-001; WAM P.25579-001; AM 1.19168-001; BMNH 1876.8.23.2; USNM 216434.
• Eubalichthys fuscosinus Hutchins, J.B. 1977. Descriptions of three new genera and eight new species of monacanthid fishes from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 5(1): 3-58 figs 1-13 [33, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.25580–001, north-west of Koks Island, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM P.25579–002; AM I.19167–001; BMNH 1976.8.23.3; CSIRO C.1447.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hutchins, B. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1–670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671–1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473–2178. [1886]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Albany (117°52'S) to NW of Broome (16°50'S), WA; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Juveniles associated with jellyfish.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [242]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [151]

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. [287, 361]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [306]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [151] (Blue-spotted Leatherjacket)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [306] (Blue-finned Leatherjacket)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)