Species Hyperlophus vittatus (Castelnau, 1875)

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External Links

• Meletta vittatus Castelnau, F.L. de 1875. Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2. pp. 1–52 in, Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 : Official Record. Melbourne. [46].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 3755 (5), Hobson's Bay, Melbourne, VIC.
• Clupea sprattellides Ogilby, J.D. 1892. On some undescribed reptiles and fishes from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 2(2): 23-26 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.3034, Parramatta River, Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM I.11311-12 (2).
• Hyperlophus (Omochetus) copii Ogilby, J.D. 1897. New genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 62-95 [72].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM I.3699 (12), Maroubra, NSW (as 'our coast'); USNM 48827 (2), Maroubra, NSW (as 'our coast').

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [188]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, QLD (27º42´S) to Kalbarri, WA (27º42´S); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast
  • South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

 

General References

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Gonorynchidae, Plotosidae, Salmonidae. pp. 215-231 figs 192-206 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. [222]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [35]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [40]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [24] (168)

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [189]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (198)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [149]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. 1–303 pp. [188], FAO) (Sandy Sprat)

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [189] (Whitebait)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [149] (Glassy, White Pilchard)

 

History of changes

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