Species Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
False Cleanerfish, False Cleaner, False Cleaner Fish, Mimic Blenny
- Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1826–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie Vol. 9 Part 3 Poissons. pp. 647–720 pls 1–20 Paris. [719, pl. 19(4)].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP (missing), Guam
Comment: holotype reported as lost by Smith-Vaniz (1976:57).Type locality references:
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1976. The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces : Blenniidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 1-196 figs 1-179.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Shark Bay, WA (26°08'S) to Sydney, NSW (33°51'S), Middleton Reef, Tasman Sea and Holmes Reef, Coral Sea; tropical east-Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine, nectonic.
General References
Hastings, P. & Springer, V.G. 2009. Recognizing diversity in blennioid fish nomenclature (Teleostei: Blennioidei). Zootaxa 2120: 3-14 [6] (elevated subspecies to species)
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1976. The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces : Blenniidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 1-196 figs 1-179
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [53] (1870)
Common Name References
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [139] (False Cleaner Fish)
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [245] (False Cleaner)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [340] (False Cleanerfish)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [367] (Mimic Blenny)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (False Cleanerfish)
History of changes
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