Genus Hoplichthys Cuvier, 1829

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• Hoplichthys Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 4 518 pp. pls 72-99. [264] [as Oplichthys, considered an inadvertent misspelling on p.264; Hoplichthys in index (xix) and pl. 81].

  Type species:

   Oplichthys langsdorfii Cuvier, 1829 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Lindberg, G. U. & Krasyukova, Z. V. 1987. Fishes of the Sea of Japan and adjacent parts of Okhotsk and Yellow Sea. Part 5. Teleostomi, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii. 30 Scorpaeniformes (176. Fam. Scorpaenidae - 194. Fam. Liparididae). Fishes of the Sea of Japan and adjacent parts of Okhotsk and Yellow Sea Part 5 pp. 1-526. [161].
• Rhinhoplichthys Fowler, H.W. 1938. Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 85(3032): 31-135 figs 6-61 [100].

  Type species:

   Hoplichthys haswelli McCulloch, 1907 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [473] (based on placement of type species)

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

HOPLICHTHYIDAE: Hoplichthys regani Jordan, 1908 [confined to north-west Pacific] — Nagano, Y., Imamura, H. & Y. Mamoru. 2012. Taxonomic status of Hoplichthys regani Jordan 1908 (Scorpaeniformes: Hoplichthyidae), with comments on its authorship. Ichthyological Research 59(3): 255-263; Nagano, Y., McGrouther, M.A. & Yabe, M. 2013. A new species of the hoplichthyid genus Hoplichthys (Teleostei: Hoplichthyidae) from northern Western Australia. Zootaxa 3681(3): 241-248 [241]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Hoplichthyidae. 522 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [522]

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. [524]

McGrouther, M.A. 1999. Family Hoplichthyidae. pp. 2422-2424 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2423]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., McGrouther, M.A. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Hoplichthyidae. pp. 949-950 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [949]

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. [473]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022	SCORPAENIFORMES	14-Dec-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	28-Jul-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED