Species Heteroclinus adelaidae Castelnau, 1872

• Heteroclinus adelaidae Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 2. Note on some South Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 243-248 [247].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A.1077 (Glover, C.J.M. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. I. Fishes. Records of the South Australian Museum 17(7): 169–175 (174) lists SAMA F.1492 as the holotype, but it is probably not a type), Gulf St Vincent, SA.
• Cristiceps phillipi Lucas, A.H.S. 1891. On the occurrence of certain fish in Victorian seas, with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 3(2): 8-14 pl. 3 [11, pl. 3(2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Port Phillip, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hoese, D.F. 1976. A redescription of Heteroclinus adelaidae Castelnau (Pisces : Clinidae), with description of a related species. The Australian Zoologist 19(1): 51-67 figs 1-7 [54]

 

Generic Combinations

• Petraites phillipi (Lucas, 1891). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1908. Studies in Australian fishes, No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 7(1): 36-43 pls 10-11 [43]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Port Bay, VIC (145°13'E) to Shark Bay, WA (25°56'S) and throughout TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, inshore, marine, rock reef, seagrass, subtidal.

 

General References

Hoese, D.F. 1976. A redescription of Heteroclinus adelaidae Castelnau (Pisces : Clinidae), with description of a related species. The Australian Zoologist 19(1): 51-67 figs 1-7

Hoese, D.F., Gomon, M.F. & Rennis, D.S. 2008. Family Clinidae. pp. 696-722 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [706]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [330]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [433]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [348] (and p. 349, as Petraites phillipi)

Rennis, D., Hoese, D.F. & Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Clinidae. pp. 741-775, figs 650-684B 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. [754]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [54] (1933)

 

Common Name References

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. [754] (Phillips Weedfish)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [330] (Adelaide's Weedfish)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [433] (Adelaide Weedfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Feb-2013		02-Jun-2021	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)