Species Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan, 1922
Brilliant Pomfret
- Eumegistus illustris Jordan, D.S. & Jordan, E.K. 1922. A list of the fishes of Hawaii, with notes and descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 10(1): 1-92 figs 1-7 pls 1-4 [36, pl. 2(1)].
Type data:
Holotype FMNH 59325, Honolulu fish market, Hawaii.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North West Shelf (18°16'S) to off King Sound, WA (15°54'S) and east of Sydney, NSW (33°50'S, 151°50'E) ; subtropical, west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Possibly benthic or deeper pelagic.
General References
Last, P.R. & Moteki, M. 2001. Bramidae. pp. 2824-2836 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [2834]
Mead, G.W. 1972. Bramidae. Dana Reports 81: 1-166 figs 1-58 pls 1-9 [15, 120]
Common Name References
Last, P.R. & Moteki, M. 2001. Bramidae. pp. 2824-2836 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [2834] (FAO) (Brilliant Pomfret)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Brilliant Pomfret)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2012 | 05-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |