Species Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915
McCulloch's Rainbowfish, McCulloch's Rainbow Fish, McCulloch's Rainbow-fish, McCulloch's Sun-fish
- Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, J.D. 1915. On some new or little-known Australian fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 117-129 figs 29-30 [118].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.731, Barron River, N QLD.
Paratype(s) QM I.40883.
Generic Combinations
- Nematocentris maccullochi (Ogilby, 1915). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] (641)
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [35]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Melanotaenia nigrans Richardson, 1843. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [113] (a misidentification, in part) - Nematocentrus maccullochi (Ogilby, 1915) [misspelling of generic name Nematocentris].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
At least four relict populations occur in QLD: Jardine River, Cape York Peninsula (11º08´S) and Mua Island, Torres Strait; sand plain country around McIvor River (15º09´S); small tributary streams along north side of Daintree River (16º08´S); and on narrow coastal plain between Cairns (16º55´S) and Cardwell (18º16´S); also reported from Finniss River, NT (130º35'E); tropical; the NT population is genetically divergent from the Cape York population (Cook et al. 2014), New Guinea
IBRA
NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Pine Creek (PCK), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Distribution References
- Hitchcock, G., Finn, M.A., Burrows, D.W., & Johnson, J.W. 2012. Fishes from fresh and brackish waters of islands in Torres Strait, far north Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 56(1): 14-24 [18]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [60]
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
General References
Cook, B.D., Unmack, P.J., Huey, J.A. & Hughes. J.M. 2014. Did common disjunct populations of freshwater fishes in northern Australia form from the same biogeographic events? Freshwater Science 33(1): 263-272
Hammer, M.P., Allen, G.R., Martin, K.C., Adams, M. & Unmack, P.J. 2019. Two new species of dwarf rainbowfishes (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae) from northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Zootaxa 4701(3): 201-234
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [113] (as Melanotaenia nigrans, in part)
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] [96] (664)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] (641, as Nematocentris maccullochi)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [52] (McCulloch's Rainbowfish)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [164] (McCulloch's Rainbow Fish)
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] [96] (McCulloch's Rainbow-fish, McCulloch's Sun-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (McCulloch's Rainbowfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2014 | ATHERINIFORMES | 14-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |