Species Nannatherina balstoni Regan, 1906

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• Nannatherina balstoni Regan, C.T. 1906. A collection of fishes from the King River, Western Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 18(70): 450-453 [451].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1906.11.1.21-22 (described from two specimens, but one figured as holotype in Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397–428 figs 1–45 pl. 30 [fig. 25]), King River, WA.

 

Introduction

The species is listed as Vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. In Western Australia it is listed as Fauna that is rare or likely to become extinct under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950. It was listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN in 1996.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Goodga River (118º05´E) to Gin Gin Brook (31º18´S), WA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1982. Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 86 pp. 6 figs 20 pls. [22]

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [175]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [209]

Lake, J.S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Melbourne : Nelson 61 pp. [35]

Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [61]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [113]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [250]

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] [154] (939)

Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1062]

Unmack, P.J., Hammer, M.P., Adams, M. & Dowling, T.E. 2011. A phylogenetic analysis of pygmy perches (Teleostei: Percichthyidae) with an assessment of the major historical influences on aquatic biogeography in southern Australia. Systematic Biology 60(6): 797–812

Whitley, G.P. 1947. The fluvifaunulae of Australia with particular reference to the freshwater fishes in Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 1(3): 49-53 [52]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (922)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1982. Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 86 pp. 6 figs 20 pls. [22] (Balston's Pygmy Perch)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [250] (Balston's Perchlet)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Balston's Pygmy Perch)

Whitley, G.P. 1947. The fluvifaunulae of Australia with particular reference to the freshwater fishes in Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 1(3): 49-53 [52] (King River Perchlet)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	PERCICHTHYIDAE	13-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
21-Nov-2012		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED