Species Lovettia sealii (Johnston, 1883)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Haplochiton sealii Johnston, R.M. 1883. General and critical observations on fishes of Tasmania with a classified catalogue of all known species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1882: 53-144 [128].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1880.6.16.16-19 (4) (probable syntypes, only three specimens remain), Derwent River, TAS.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lovettia sealii (Johnston, 1883). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1915. Notes on and descriptions of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40(2): 259-277 pls 35-37 [260] (changed combination as type of genus Lovettia)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Restricted to the coastal rivers and seas of the north, west and south coast of TAS, and mouth of the Tarwin River, Anderson Inlet, VIC (38°42'S, 145°51'E); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Anadromous, estuary, inshore, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Sexually dimorphic

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [116]

Chilcott, S. J. & Humphries, P. 1996. Freshwater fish of northeast Tasmania with notes on the dwarf galaxias. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 103: 145-149 [145]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [50]

McDowall, R.M. 1988. Diadromy in fishes: migrations between freshwater and marine environments. London : Croom Helm pp. i-x, 1-308. [292]

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [78]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [106]

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] [30] (206)

Paxton, J.R., Allen, G.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Galaxiidae. pp. 402-411 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. [409]

Raadik, T.A. 2008. Family Galaxiidae. pp. 217-222 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [221]

Raadik, T.A. 2014. Fifteen from one: a revision of the Galaxias olidus Günther, 1866 complex (Teleostei, Galaxiidae) in south-eastern Australia recognises three previously described taxa and describes 12 new species. Zootaxa 3898(1): 1-198 [160]

Schmidt, D.J., Crook, D.A., Macdonald, J.I., Huey, J.A., Zampatti, B.P., Chilcott S., Raadik, T.A. & Hughes, J.M. 2014. Migration history and stock structure of two putatively diadromous teleost fishes, as determined by genetic and otolith chemistry analyses. Freshwater Science 33(1): 193–206

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (267)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [232]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [116] (Tasmanian Whitebait)

Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 238 pp. [192] (Australian Marketing Name) (Whitebait)

McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1996. Chapter 10. Family Galaxiidae — galaxiids. pp. 52-77 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [78] (Tasmanian Whitebait)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [106] (Derwent Whitebait, Tasmanian Whitebait)

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] [30] (Derwent Smelt, Whitebait)

Raadik, T.A. 2008. Family Galaxiidae. pp. 217-222 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [221] (Australian Whitebait)

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

Stoessel, D. and Raadik, T.A. 2015. Australian Whitebait Lovettia sealii. Action Statement 259, Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1998. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Melbourne, Victoria. 11 pp. (Australian Whitebait)

Whitley, G.P. 1956. List of native freshwater fishes of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1954-55: 39-47 [39] (Tasmanian Troutlet)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	06-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		04-Aug-2014	MODIFIED