Species Foetorepus australis Nakabo & McKay, 1989
Eastern Deepwater Stinkfish
Compiler and date details
2 October 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray
- Foetorepus australis Nakabo, T. & McKay, R.J. 1989. A new species of Foetorepus (Pisces : Callionymidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 563-565 [563, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.21255, southern QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Synchiropus australis (Nakabo & McKay, 1989). —
Fricke, R. 2000. Callionymidae of New Caledonia, with remarks on related species and descriptions of 10 new species from New Caledonia, Australia, New Guinea, and Hawaii (Teleostei). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 617: 1-81 figs 1-35 [5]
Fricke, R. 2002. Annotated checklist of the dragonet families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (Teleostei: Callionymoidei), with comments on callionymid fish classification. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 645: 1-103 [53]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Off Hinchinbrook Island, QLD (18°03'S) to off Newcastle, NSW (32°54'S), distribution off northern NSW uncertain due to lack of records; tropical, subtropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope.
General References
Fricke, R. 2000. Callionymidae of New Caledonia, with remarks on related species and descriptions of 10 new species from New Caledonia, Australia, New Guinea, and Hawaii (Teleostei). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 617: 1-81 figs 1-35 [5] (as Synchiropus australis)
Fricke, R. 2002. Annotated checklist of the dragonet families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (Teleostei: Callionymoidei), with comments on callionymid fish classification. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 645: 1-103 [53] (as Synchiropus (Foetorepus) australis)
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Eastern Deepwater Stinkfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2013 | CALLIONYMOIDEI | 08-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |