Species Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829)

Museums

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External Links

• Datnia argentea Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 3 500 pp., pls 41-71. [139].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Java.
• Mesopristes macracanthus Bleeker, P. 1873. Révision des espèces insulindiennes du genre Therapon. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 4: 372-393 [372].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Jakarta, Indonesia (as Batavia).
• Therapon nasutus Macleay, W.J. 1883. Contribution to the knowledge of the fishes of New Guinea. No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 252-280 [258].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM I.13048-49, Normanby Island; AM I.9758, Normanby Island.
• Therapon chalybeus Macleay, W.J. 1883. Contribution to the knowledge of the fishes of New Guinea. No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 252-280 [259].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.9215, Normanby Island.
• Therapon acutirostris De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(2): 389-400 [398].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM I.424, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vari, R.P. 1978. The terapon perches (Percoidei, Terapontidae) a cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159(5): 175-340 figs 1-94 [270]

 

Generic Combinations

• Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 167-187 figs 1-10 [181]
• Terapon argenteus (Cuvier, 1829). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [162]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Tribulation (16º05´S) to Townsville (19º15'S), QLD, primarily a marine species but juveniles also in estuaries and fresh water; tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, freshwater, inshore, mangrove.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1991. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of New Guinea. Madang : Christensen Research Institute 268 pp. [Publication No. 9 of the Christensen Research Institute] [127]

Allen, G.R., Cross, N. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Terapontidae. pp. 1331-1342 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. [1337]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [241]

Allen, G.R. & Coates, D. 1990. An ichthyological survey of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 34: 31-116

Davis, A.M., Unmack, P.J., Pusey, B.J., Pearson, R.G. & Morgan, D.L. 2013. Ontogenetic development of intestinal length and relationships to diet in an Australasian fish family (Terapontidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 53, 16 pp.

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [275]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [162]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [534]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (891)

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [310] (Silver Grunter, Silver Trumpeter)

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

Vari, R.P. 2001. Family Terapontidae. pp. 3305-3316 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. [3309] (Silver Terapon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Sep-2018	TERAPONTIDAE	01-May-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
05-Dec-2012		01-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)