Genus Gunnellichthys Bleeker, 1858

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Regional Maps

External Links

• Gunnellichthys Bleeker, P. 1858. Tiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 3: 1-16 [3, 9].

  Type species:

   Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1858 by monotypy.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

MICRODESMIDAE: Gunnellichthys irideus Smith, 1958 [based on misidentification] — 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. [1703]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

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

Kuiter R.W. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Indonesian Reef Fishes. Part 3. Melbourne : Zoonetics pp. 623–893.

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED