Species Girella tricuspidata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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External Links

• Boops tricuspidatus Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Chapter 8. Poissons. 183-328 pls 43-65 in Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris : Pillet Aîné Vol. 1 712 pp. 96 pls. [296].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 4916 (listed as holotype by Bauchot, M.-L. 1963. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. I. Famille des Labridae. II. Families des Chaetodontidae, Scatophagidae, Toxotidae, Monodactylidae, Ephippidae, Scorpidae, Pempheridae, Kyphosidae, Girellidae. Publications du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 1–195), locality uncertain; MNHP 8736 (listed as paratype by Bauchot, M.-L. & Daget, J. 1972. Catalogue critique des types de Poissons du Muséum national d'Historie naturelle. (Suite) (Famille des Sparidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 3 24(Zool. 18): 33-99), locality uncertain.

  Type locality references:

  Hoese, D.F. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178. [1320] (type locality listed as Shark Bay, WA, but species is not known from WA; much of the material from the Uranie and Physicienne was mixed and localities are often incorrect).
• Crenidens triglyphus Richardson, J. 1845. Ichthyology. 17-52 pls 7-8 (parts), 11-30 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 139 pp. pls 1-60. [for publication date see Hureau, J.C. & Monod, Th. (eds) 1973. Checklist of the Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. CLOFNAM 1. Paris : UNESCO 331 pp. [127]] [36, pl. 25 (2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (uncatalogued), Port Jackson, NSW.
• Crenidens simplex Richardson, J. 1848. Ichthyology. 75-139 pls 42-43 & 44 (parts), 45-52, 53 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. 2 139 pp. [120].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1846.10.22.11, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Melanichthys blackii Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 3. Supplement to the fishes of Victoria. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 37-58 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A.5584, Melbourne, VIC.
• Doydixodon australis Thominot, A. 1881. Sur deux genres nouveaux de poissons faisant partie de la famille des Squammipennes et rapportés d'Australie par J. Verreaux. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 8: 140-142 [dated 1880] [142] [ex Guichenot MS].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A.3959 skin, Australia.
• Girella ramsayi Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(3): 302-444 [409].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.14856, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Aplodon castelnaui Thominot, A. 1883. Note sur le genre Aplodon, poisson de la famille des Sparidae voisin des girelles. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 7: 141-144 [dated 1882] [142].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A.6912, Port Phillip, VIC.
• Aplodon margaritiferum Thominot, A. 1883. Note sur le genre Aplodon, poisson de la famille des Sparidae voisin des girelles. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 7: 141-144 [dated 1882] [142] [ex Dumeril MS].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP 4913, Port Phillip, VIC; MNHP 4914, Port Phillip, VIC.
• Aplodon sulcatus Thominot, A. 1883. Note sur le genre Aplodon, poisson de la famille des Sparidae voisin des girelles. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 7: 141-144 [dated 1882] [143] [ex Guichenot MS?].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 1113, Port Phillip, VIC.
• Girella carbonaria De Vis, C.W. 1883. Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 283-289 [283].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM, Moreton Bay, QLD
  Comment: missing.
• Girella mentalis De Vis, C.W. 1883. Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 283-289 [284].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM I.512, Moreton Bay, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [239]
• Hoese, D.F. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178. [1321] (Doydixodon australis, Aplodon castelnaui, A. margaritiferum, A. sulcatus)

 

Generic Combinations

• Girella castelnaui (Thominot, 1883). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [240]
• Girella tricuspidata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [239]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

South of Mackay, QLD (22°03'S) to Fiddlers Bay, SA (136°08'E) and north-eastern TAS; temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, marine, rock reef, seagrass.

Extra Ecological Information

1-20 m.

 

General References

Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [293]

Ayling, T. & Cox, G.J. 1982. Collins Guide to the Seafishes of New Zealand. Auckland : Collins 343 pp. 48 pls 475 figs. [229]

Bauchot, M.-L. 1963. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. II. Familles des Chaetodontidae, Scatophagidae, Toxotidae, Monodactylidae, Ephippidae, Scorpidae, Pempheridae, Kyphosidae, Girellidae. Publications du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 115-195 [162]

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Girellidae, Scorpididae, Microcanthidae. pp. 3297-3303 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. [3298]

Edgar, G.J. 2008. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland 2nd edn, 624 pp. [522]

Francis, M. 2001. Coastal Fishes of New Zealand. Auckland : Reed Publishing (NZ) 3rd edn, 103 pp. [50]

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Monodactylidae, Arripidae, Kyphosidae, Girellidae, Microcanthidae, Scorpididae. pp. 596-607 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [601]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [66, 132]

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. [321]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [213]

Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Girellidae. pp. 613-617, figs 540-543 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [615]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [374]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [239] (and p. 240 as Girella castelnaui)

Paulin, C.D. & Roberts, C.D. 1992. The rockpool fishes of New Zealand. Te ika aaria o Aotearoa. Wellington : Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 177 pp. [110]

Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [92]

Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1974. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 392 pp. figs. [237]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [47] (1296)

 

Common Name References

Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [203] (Rockperch)

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. [616] (Luderick, Blackbream, Mangrove Fish, Nigger Fish, Pacific Bream)

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [340] (Black Bream)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [375] (New Zealand) (Blackfish, Darkie, Nigger, Parore)

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

 

History of changes

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