Species Herklotsichthys collettei Wongratana, 1987

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• Herklotsichthys collettei Wongratana, T. 1987. Four new species of clupeoid fishes (Clupeidae and Engraulidae) from Australian waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(1): 104-111 [105, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.25464-004, Shark Bay, Western Australia [26°10´S, 113°11´E].
  Paratype(s) AM IB.1637; CSIRO C2880-81 (18); CSIRO C2895 (12); WAM P.2544-45 (2); WAM P.22574; WAM P.23870; WAM P.25464-002 (6); WAM P.26667-001; WAM P.27380-001.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay to Port Hedland, WA; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, pelagic.

 

General References

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [151] (as Herklotsichthys sp.)

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Collette's Herring)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED