Species Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859)
Spangled Perch, Bobby, Bobby Cod, Bobby Perch, Jewel Perch, Lhungalpura, Nicky, Spangled Grunter, Trout Cod
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1846.3.24.4, Mosquito Creek, Gwydir River, NSW; BMNH 1846.8.12.2–3, Mosquito Creek, Gwydir River, NSW; BMNH 1853.1.11.12–15, Mosquito Creek, Gwydir River, NSW.- Datnia brevipinnis Steindachner, F. 1867. Ichthyologische Notizen (6).1. Über eine Sammlung von Fischen von Cap York in Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 56(1): 307-320 [309].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW 35319-21, Cape York, QLD; NHMW 35323, Cape York, QLD. - Therapon truttaceus Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 6(2): 202-387 [sometimes cited as 1882] [366].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM I.16335–001, Endeavour River, QLD; AM I.16336–001, Endeavour River, QLD. - Therapon longulus Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 6(2): 202-387 [sometimes cited as 1882] [367].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Port Darwin, NT. - Therapon elphinstonensis De Vis, C.W. 1884. On a new form of the genus Therapon. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1(2): 56-57 [57].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM I.2288, Lake Elphinstone, QLD; QM I.1906, Lake Elphinstone, QLD. - Terapon idoneus Ogilby, J.D. 1907. On a new Terapon from the Stanthorpe district, southern Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 20: 37-40 [37].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.2250, upper Condamine River, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Vari, R.P. 1978. The terapon perches (Percoidei, Terapontidae) a cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159(5): 175-340 figs 1-94 [231]
Generic Combinations
- Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859). —
Vari, R.P. 1978. The terapon perches (Percoidei, Terapontidae) a cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159(5): 175-340 figs 1-94 [231-235] - Madigania unicolor (Günther, 1859). —
Whitley, G.P. 1945. The Simpson desert expedition, 1939. Scientific reports: No. 5 Biology - Fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69(1): 10-13 [10] (changed combination as type of genus Madigania)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp. [72]
Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1974. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 392 pp. figs. [243]
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [52]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Greenough River, WA (28º54´S) across northern Australia and south to vicinity of Newcastle, NSW (32º56´S), widely distributed through central Australia, south to the Finke River drainage (25º33´S) and Murray Darling system north of Condobolin (33º05'S); tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. & Leggett, R. 1990. A collection of freshwater fishes from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 527-545 fig. 1 [538]
- GiIl, H.S., Morgan, D.L., Doupe, R.G. & RowIand, A.J 2006. The fishes of Lake Kununurra, a highly regulated section of the Ord River in northern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23: 1-6 [4]
- Hammer, M.P. & Walker, K.F. 2004. A catalogue of South Australian freshwater fishes, including new records, range extensions and translocations. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 128(2): 85-97 [89]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [160]
- Morgan, D., Cheinmora, D., Charles, A., Nulgit, P. & Kimberley Language Resource Centre 2006. Fishes of the King Edward and Carson Rivers with their Belaa and Ngarinyin names. Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, Murdoch University / Kimberley Language Resource Centre. 69 pp. [48]
- Morgan, D.L. 2010. Fishes of the King Edward River in the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 351–368 [356]
- Morgan, D.L., Allen, G.R., Pusey, B.J. & Burrows, D.W. 2011. A review of the freshwater fishes of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2816: 1-64 [16]
- Morgan, D.L., Allen, M.G., Bedford, P. & Horstman, M. 2004. Fish fauna of the Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia – including the Bunuba, Gooniyandi, Ngarinyin, Nyikina and Walmajarii Aboriginal names. Records of the Western Australian Museum 22: 147-161 [150]
- Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Bird, J. 2000. Fishes of the dune fields of Cape Flattery, northern Queensland and other dune systems in north-eastern Australia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 11(1): 65-74 [72]
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, freshwater.
General References
Allen, G.R., Cross, N. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Terapontidae. pp. 1331-1342 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. [1336]
Bostock, B.M., Adams, M., Laurenson, L.J.B. & Austin, C.M. 2006. The molecular systematics of Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859): testing for cryptic speciation in Australia's most widespread freshwater fish. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 87(4): 537–552
Davis, A.M., Unmack, P.J., Pusey, B.J., Pearson, R.G. & Morgan, D.L. 2013. Ontogenetic development of intestinal length and relationships to diet in an Australasian fish family (Terapontidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 53, 16 pp.
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [820]
Lintermans, M. 2009. Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin — An Introductory Guide. Canberra : Murray-Darling Basin Commission 157 pp. [MDBC Publication Number 10/07] [84]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [161] (as Terapon unicolor)
Merrick, J.R. 1996. Family Terapontidae. pp. 164-167 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [166]
Morgan, D.L. & Gill, H.S. 2006. Osteology of the first dorsal fin in two terapontid fishes, Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) and Amniataba caudavittata (Richardson, 1845), from Western Australia: evidence for hybridisation? Records of the Western Australian Museum 23: 133---144
Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1063]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (888, as Madigania unicolor)
Common Name References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [542] (Bobby, Nicky)
McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [151] (Spangled Perch, Bobby Cod, Bobby Perch, Jewel Perch, Spangled Grunter, Trout Cod)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spangled Perch)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2018 | TERAPONTIDAE | 01-May-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| 05-Dec-2012 | 15-Feb-2016 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |