Species Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969

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• Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, C. 1969. A new fish from the Red Sea. Sudan Notes and Records 50: 129-133 pl. 1 [129, pl. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1969.3.12.1, Sawakin, Sudan, Red Sea.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1969.3.12.2.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Hedland, WA (19º05´S) to Arafura Sea, NT; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, sand bottom marine, soft bottom.

 

General References

Dooley, J.K. 1999. Family Branchiostegidae. pp. 2630-2648 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2644]

Dooley, J.K. & Kailola, P.J. 1988. Four new tilefishes from the northeastern Indian Ocean, with a review of the genus Branchiostegus. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 35(3): 247-260 [251]

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.

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. [154]

 

Common Name References

Dooley, J.K. 1999. Family Branchiostegidae. pp. 2630-2648 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2644] (FAO) (Freckled Tilefish)

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. [154] (Tile-fish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Nov-2012		27-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED