Species Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)
Spangled Emperor, Green Snapper, Morwong, Nor'-west Snapper, North-west Snapper, Sand Bream, Sand Snapper, Sixteen-pounders, Yellow Sweet-lip, Yellow Sweetlip
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC 39, Red Sea.- Sparus choerorynchus Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. [278].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 8743 skin, Japan. - Lethrinus fasciatus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 6 559 pp. pls 141-169. [290].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 0000-9081, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. - Lethrinus cyanoxanthus Richardson, J. 1843. Icones Piscium, or plates of rare fishes. London : Richard & John E. Taylor 8 pp. 5 pls. [7] [as Lethrinus ? cyanoxanthus].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (based on drawing), Houtman Abrolhos, WA. - Lethrinus ornatus De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 453-462 [458] [junior homonym of Lethrinus ornatus Valenciennes, 1830].
Type data:
Holotype QM, Wide Bay, QLD. - Lethrinus devisianus Whitley, G.P. 1929. Studies in Ichthyology No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 17(3): 101-143 figs 1-5 pls 30-34 [122] [nom. nov. for Lethrinus ornatus De Vis].
Type data:
Holotype QM, Wide Bay, QLD. - Lethrinus perselectus Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 11-15 [75].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.2579, North West Islet, Capricorn Group, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Lethrinus nebulosus devisianus Whitley, 1929. —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1242) - Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). —
Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp. [75-76]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cape Pasley, WA (33°56'S, 124°23'E) to Port Hacking, NSW (34°04'S), also Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea and Lord Howe Island, NSW; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
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 [403]
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [161]
- Hutchins, B. 2004. Fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 343–398 [365]
- Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6 [48]
- Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270 [263]
- 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) [321]
- Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [62]
- Speare, P., Cappo, M., Rees, M., Brownlie, J. & Oxley, W. 2004. Deep water fish and benthic surveys in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters): February 2004. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Sciences 30 pp. [24]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, estuary, inshore, mangrove, marine, rock reef, sand bottom marine, seagrass.
Extra Ecological Information
1-75 m.
General References
Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 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. [3037]
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [209]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [227] (as Lethrinus fasciatus, and as L. devisianus, and p. 228 as L. cyanoxanthus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1232, as Lethrinus perselectus, 1237, as L. fasciatus, 1242, as L. nebulosus devisianus and 1244, as L. cyanoxanthus)
Common Name References
Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [134] (North-west Snapper)
Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 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. [3037] (FAO) (Spangled Emperor)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [316] (Green Snapper, Morwong, Sand Bream, Sand Snapper, Yellow Sweetlip)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [208] (Sixteen-pounders)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [200] (Yellow Sweet-lip)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spangled Emperor)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Dec-2012 | 05-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |