Genus Hapalogenys Richardson, 1844

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• Hapalogenys Richardson, J. 1844. Description of a genus of Chinese fish. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(53): 462-464 [462].

  Type species:

   Hapalogenys nitens Richardson, 1844 by subsequent designation, see Bleeker, P. 1876. Systema Percarum revisum Pars I et II. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 11: 247-340 [271].

 

Introduction

Various studies have suggested that the genus Hapalogenys may not belong in the Haemulidae. Johnson (1984) regarded it as incertae sedis in the Percoidei and subsequently Springer & Raasch (1995) placed it into a separate famiiy, the Hapalogenyidae. Leis & Carson-Ewart (2000) suggested a possible relationship with Lobotes. Sanciangco et al. (2011) also found evidence that the genus was related to Lobotes and distinct from the Haemulidae. We follow the recent works in placing the genus in a separate family pending completion of research by J. Leis & A. Gill.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

HAEMULIDAE: Hapalogenys kishinouyei Smith & Pope, 1906 — Iwatsuki, Y. & Russell, B.C. 2006. Revision of the genus Hapalogenys (Teleostei: Perciformes) with two new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63(1): 29-46 [39] (restricted to north-west Pacific)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4)

General References

Johnson, G.D. 1984. Percoidei: development and relationships. pp. 464-498 figs 254-264 in Moser, H.G. et al. (eds). Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Special Publication 1: 1-760

Leis, J.M. & Carson-Ewart, B.M. 2000. The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes. An identification guide to marine fish larvae. Fauna Malesiana Handbooks Leiden : Brill Vol. 2 870 pp.

Sanciangco, M.D., Rocha, L.A. & Carpenter, K.E. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of the Grunts (Perciformes: Haemulidae) inferred using mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Zootaxa 2966: 37–50

Springer, V.G. & Raasch, M.S. 1995. Fishes, Angling, and Finfish Fisheries on Stamps of the World. American Topical Association. Fishes on Stamps Handbook No. 129. 1-110 pp.

 

Common Name References

McKay, R.J. 2001. Haemulidae. pp. 2961-2989 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. [2968] (Velvetchin)

Yearsley, G.K. (ed.) 1995. Marketing Names for Fish and Seafood in Australia. Canberra : Department of Primary Industries and Energy 170 pp. [87] (Australian Marketing Name) (Sweetlip)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Nov-2016	HAPALOGENYIDAE	29-Nov-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
09-Sep-2015		09-Sep-2015	MOVED
08-Sep-2015	HAEMULIDAE	29-Nov-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
18-Dec-2012		29-Nov-2016	MODIFIED
		29-Nov-2016	MODIFIED