Species Hypopterus macroptera (Günther, 1859)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Psammoperca macroptera Günther, A. 1859. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 524 pp. [69] [derivation is from the Greek makros = large + pteron = wing or fin, transliterated to a feminine noun].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1858.12.27.34 skin, Port Essington, NT.

  Type locality references:

  Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences 2905 pp., 3 vols. (originally as Victoria, the name having been used frequently for regions in Australia during the period).

 

Generic Combinations

• Hypopterus macropterus (Günther, 1859). —
  Gill, T.N. 1861. Synopsis of the subfamily of Percinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13: 44-52 [50] (changed combination as type of genus Hypopterus)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Green Head (30º04´S) to Onslow (21º38´S), WA; tropical, temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, marine, soft bottom.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [98]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [62]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [200]

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] [149] (922)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] (1084)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [98] (Spiky Bass)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Nov-2012		24-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED