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Species Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829)

Silver Grunter, Silver Terapon, Silver Trumpeter

 

Generic Combinations

 

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 (map not available)

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)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)