Species Kuhlia rupestris (Lacépède, 1802)
Jungle Perch, Buffalo Bream, Mountain Trout, Rock Flagtail
- Centropomus rupestris Lacépède, B.G. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 4 728 pp. 16 pls. [252, 273] [based on Commerson MS].
Type data:
Neotype MNHP 2006-0811 (also a syntype of Dules fuscus Cuvier, 1829 from same type locality), Ravine du Gol, Îsle de Bourbon = Réunion. - Perca ciliata Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1828. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 2 xxi, 2 + 490 pp., pls 9-40. [52].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH (apparently lost), Java, Indonesia. - Dules haswellii Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(3): 302-444 [359].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM I.16325-001, Rockingham Bay, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Randall, J.E. & Randall, H.A. 2001. Review of the fishes of the genus Kuhlia (Perciformes: Kuhliidae) of the Central Pacific. Pacific Science 55(3): 227-256 [243]
Generic Combinations
- Dules rupestris haswelli (Macleay, 1881). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] - Kuhlia rupestris (Lacépède, 1802). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [167]
Introduction
Kuhlia rupestris spawns in near shore estuarine or marine environments and migrates to freshwater. The species does not penetrate above waterfalls. It is a popular angling fish.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Muralag Island, Torres Strait and Pascoe River, western Cape York (11º48´S) to Maroochy River (26º35´S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, freshwater, inshore, omnivore.
General References
Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Family Kuhliidae. pp. 3317-3320 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3320]
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [277]
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] [148] (917)
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]
Randall, J.E. & Randall, H.A. 2001. Review of the fishes of the genus Kuhlia (Perciformes: Kuhliidae) of the Central Pacific. Pacific Science 55(3): 227-256 [243]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (919, as Dules rupestris haswelli)
Common Name References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [220] (Buffalo Bream, Mountain Trout, Rock Flagtail)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [249] (Jungle Perch)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Jungle Perch)
History of changes
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