Species Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Museums

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External Links

• Scomber lactarius Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. [31].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 8761-8762 skins, Tranquebar, India.
• Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1833. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 9 512 pp. pls 246-279. [238, pl. 261].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP A.5477 skin, Coromandel, Malabar, and Pondicherry, India; MNHP A.6585, Coromandel, Malabar, and Pondicherry, India; MNHP 6686, Coromandel, Malabar, and Pondicherry, India; MNHP 6925, Coromandel, Malabar, and Pondicherry, India; ZMB 1623, Coromandel, Malabar, and Pondicherry, India.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [179]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lactarius lactarius (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [179]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Timor Sea, NT (130°18´E) to Townsville, QLD (19°S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic, schooling.

 

General References

Leis, J.M. 1994. Larvae, adults and relationships of the monotypic fish family Lactariidae. Records of the Australian Museum 46(2): 131-144

Leis, J.M. 1999. Family Lactariidae. 2649 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2649]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [179]

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] [134] (856)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [156]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [569]

 

Common Name References

Leis, J.M. 1999. Family Lactariidae. 2649 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2649] (False Trevally)

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] [134] (Milk Trevally)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [156] (False Trevally)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Nov-2012		15-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED