Species Ichthyscopus barbatus Mees, 1960

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ichthyscopus barbatus Mees, G.F. 1960. The Uranoscopidae of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 43(2): 46-58 figs 1-9 [49, figs 3-4, 5a].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.4338–001 (Depth 25-30 feet), Rottnest Island, WA [32°S, 115°E].
  Paratype(s) WAM P.672–001; WAM P.1296–001; WAM P.3488–001; WAM P.4424–001; WAM P.4431–001 (2 specimens).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Stephens, NSW (32°43'S, 15°208'E) to south of Green Cape, NSW (37°16S, 149°59'E), and off Adelaide, SA (35°28'S, 133°35'E) to off Perth, WA (32°03'S, 115°52'E); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 10-130 m.

 

General References

Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Uranoscopidae. pp. 1509-1515 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1510]

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Uranoscopidae. pp. 678-683 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [720]

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [720]

Gomon, M.F. & Johnson, J.W. 1999. A new fringed stargazer (Uranoscopidae: Ichthyscopus) with descriptions of the other Australian species in the genus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 597-619 figs 1-9 [604]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [40]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [100]

Pietsch, T.W. 1989. Phylogenetic relationships of trachinoid fishes of the family Uranoscopidae. Copeia 1989(2): 253-303 [297]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [53] (species 1840)

 

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [720] (Fringed Stargazer)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Oct-2015	TRACHINOIDEI	26-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
22-Sep-2011		22-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED