Species Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829

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• Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Poissons. Paris : Fortin, Masson et Co. Vol. 2 Nouvelle édition, pp. 122-406. [188] [based on Woodawahal Russell, no. 68 of specimen from Vizagapatam, India].

  Type data:

   Neotype MNHP 9481, Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S., Kishimoto, H. & Yoshino, T. 1996. Validity of the gerreid fish, Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854, with designation of a lectotype, and designation of a neotype for G. filamentosus Cuvier, 1829. Ichthyological Research 43(4): 417-429 figs 1-4 [426] (neotype also designated by Bauchot, M.-L. & Desoutter, M. 1989. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Suite) Sous-ordre des Percoidei (Familles des Aplodactylidae, Apolectidae, Arripidae, Cepolidae, Cheilodactylidae, Chironemidae, Cirrhitidae, Echeneidae, Enoplosidae, Embiotocidae, Gerreidae, Lactariidae, Latrididae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Malacanthidae, Menidae, Nandidae, Oplegnathidae, Owstoniidae, Pomatomidae et Rachycentridae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 11(2): 1–58 [15], but is invalid as the paper was not a revisionary work).
• Gerres philippinus Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 4 534 pp. [258].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1984.6.1.2, Philippines.
• Gerres punctatus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 6 559 pp. pls 141-169. [480].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 0000-9495, Puducherry (Pondicherry), India; MNHP 0000-9496, Puducherry (Pondicherry), India; MNHP 1988-0254 (ex MNHP 0000-9496), Puducherry (Pondicherry), India.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S., Kishimoto, H. & Yoshino, T. 1996. Validity of the gerreid fish, Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854, with designation of a lectotype, and designation of a neotype for G. filamentosus Cuvier, 1829. Ichthyological Research 43(4): 417-429 figs 1-4 [426]

 

Generic Combinations

• Victor filamentosus (Cuvier, 1829). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1951. New fish names and records. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1949–50: 61-68 figs 8-10 [68] (changed combination as type of genus Victor)
• Xystaema punctatum (Cuvier, 1830). —
  Paradice, W.E. & Whitley, G.P. 1927. Northern Territory fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(1): 76-106 figs 1-3 pls 11-15 [89]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North West Cape, WA (21°47'S) to Moreton Bay, QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, inshore, mud bottom-marine, sand bottom marine, schooling, silt bottom-marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Juveniles often occur in fresh water.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [138]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [342]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [88]

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. [195]

Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S., Kishimoto, H. & Yoshino, T. 1996. Validity of the gerreid fish, Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854, with designation of a lectotype, and designation of a neotype for G. filamentosus Cuvier, 1829. Ichthyological Research 43(4): 417-429 figs 1-4

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [166]

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [243] (as G. punctatus)

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [215] (and p. 216 as Gerres philippinus)

Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84

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. [212]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [45] (1169, as Victor filamentosus and 1166, as Gerres philippinus)

Woodland, D.J. 2001. Gerreidae. pp. 2946-2960 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. [2952]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1982. Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 86 pp. 6 figs 20 pls. [65] (Whipfin Silverbelly)

Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications. [2346] (Flagfin Mojarra)

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [342] (Threadfin Silver Biddy)

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [166] (Threadfin Silver Belly)

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [243] (Thread-fin Silver-belly)

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. [212] (Whipfin Silver-biddy)

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

Woodland, D.J. 2001. Gerreidae. pp. 2946-2960 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. [2952] (FAO) (Whipfin Silverbiddy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Dec-2013	GERREIDAE	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
05-Dec-2012		05-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED