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Species Eleutheronema tetradactylus (Shaw, 1804)

Blue Threadfin, Blind Tassel-fish, Blue Salmon, Bluenose Salmon, Blunt-nosed Salmon, Burnett Salmon, Colonial Salmon, Cooktown Salmon, Fourfinger Threadfin, Giant Threadfin, Kingfish, Rockhampton Kingfish, Rockhampton Salmon, Tassel-fish, Threadfin

 

Generic Combinations

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Port Hedland, WA (18°35'E) to Fitzroy River, QLD (23°31'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coastal, estuary, inshore, marine, mud bottom-marine, sand bottom marine.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [176]

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. [110]

Feltes, R.M. 2001. Polynemidae. pp. 3090-3116 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. [3096]

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [334]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [120]

Motomura, H. 2004. Threadfins of the World (Family Polynemidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, No. 3. Rome : FAO 117 pp., 152 figs, 6 pls. [16]

Motomura, H., Iwatsuki, Y., Kimura, S. & Yoshino, T. 2002. Revision of the Indo-west Pacific polynemid fish genus Eleutheronema (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research 49: 47-61 [52]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [108] (731)

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. [254]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (679)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [250]

 

Common Name References

Feltes, R.M. 2001. Polynemidae. pp. 3090-3116 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. [3096] (FAO) (Fourfinger Threadfin)

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [156] (Blind Tassel-fish, Blue Salmon, Colonial Salmon)

Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [288] (Australian Marketing Name) (Blue Threadfin)

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [334] (Bluenose Salmon, Blunt-nosed Salmon, Rockhampton Salmon)

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [415] (Burnett Salmon, Kingfish, Tassel-fish)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [108] (Cooktown Salmon, Giant Threadfin, Rockhampton Kingfish)

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

Yearsley, G.K. (ed.) 1995. Marketing Names for Fish and Seafood in Australia. Canberra : Department of Primary Industries and Energy 170 pp. [90] (NT, QLD) (Blue Salmon, Threadfin)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
26-Nov-2012 26-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)