Species Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder, 1792)
Sailfish, Bayonet Fish, Bayonet-fish, Indo-Pacific Sailfish, Pacific Sailfish
Compiler and date details
22 April 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray, & John R. Paxton & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Dianne J. Bray, Douglass F. Hoese & John R. Paxton
- Xiphias platypterus Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1792. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. London Vol. 3 pls 88–110, unnumbered pages. [pl. 88].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1964.7.2.1, Indian Ocean. - Istiophorus ludibundus Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 11-15 [83].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.5976, Port Stephens, NSW. - Scomber gladius Bloch, M.E. 1793. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin : J. Morino Vol. 7 144 pp. pls 324-360. [81] (attributed to Broussonet 1786) [placed on Official Index, see Opinion 903 of International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Antilles, Brazil, East Indies, Madagascar and Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. - Histiophorus pulchellus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1832. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 8 509 pp. pls 209-245. [305] (Pl. 230).
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP A-6801, Eastern Atlantic, north of Cape of Good Hope; MNHP A-6802, Eastern Atlantic, north of Cape of Good Hope. - Histiophorus orientalis Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1844. Pisces. pp. 73-112 pls 37-59, 60 (in part) in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(5–6). [103].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Nagasaki, Japan
Comment: no types known, based on a drawing and manuscript of Burger.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds) 1973. Checklist of the Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 683 pp. [477-478]
- Collette, B.B., McDowell, J.R. & Graves, J.E. 2006. Phylogeny of recent billfishes (Xiphioidei). Bulletin of Marine Science 79(3): 455-468 [465]
Generic Combinations
- Istiophorus gladius (Bloch, 1793). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [266] (changed combination cited, Broussonet 1786 as author) - Istiophorus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842). —
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] [115] (762, changed combination cited) - Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder, 1792). —
Lacépède, B.G. 1801. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 3 558 pp. 34 pls. [374] (changed combination as type of genus Istiophorus) - Istiophorus pulchellus (Cuvier, 1832). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [267]
Introduction
Recent genetic studies indicate that Atlantic sailfishes (I. albicans) and Indo-Pacific sailfishes (I. platypterus) are a single species, referred to I. platypterus as the senior synonym. See Collette et. al. 2006 and references therein.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South-western WA (32°25'S) to eastern Bass Strait (39°S), also Rowley Shoals (17°29'S) and Scott Reef (14°06'S), WA, Christmas Island and Lord Howe Island; tropical, subtropical, occasionally entering temperate waters, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), 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), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [435]
- Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [101]
- Hutchins, J.B., Williams, D.McB., Newman, S.J., Cappo, M. & Speare, P. 1995. New records of fishes for the Rowley Shoals and Scott/Seringapatam Reefs, off north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 119-123 [123]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [333]
- Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105 [104]
- Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84 [84]
Ecological Descriptors
Epipelagic, marine, oceanic province, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Also found near continental coasts, islands and reefs.
General References
Collette, B.B., McDowell, J.R. & Graves, J.E. 2006. Phylogeny of recent billfishes (Xiphioidei). Bulletin of Marine Science 79(3): 455-468 [465]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [266] (as Istiophorus gladius and p. 267 as I. pulchellus)
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] [115] (762, as I. orientalis)
Nakamura, I. 2001. Xiphiidae, Istiophoridae. pp. 3757-3764 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3764]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [48] (1432, as Istiophorus latibundus)
Common Name References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [177] (Bayonet-fish)
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] [115] (Bayonet Fish, Pacific Sailfish)
Nakamura, I. 2001. Xiphiidae, Istiophoridae. pp. 3757-3764 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3764] (FAO) (Indo-Pacific Sailfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Sailfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-May-2013 | 15-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |