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Species Microcanthus joyceae Whitley, 1931

East-Australian Stripey

 

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Introduction

Removed from synonymy with Microcanthus strigatus by Tea & Gill (2020) and based on data from Tea et al. (2019) who used molecular and morphological analysis to demonstrate the presence of deeply divergent clades within the previously monotypic Microcanthus. Tea & Gill (2020) resurrected M. joyceae from synonymy with M. strigatus for the form present in the SW Pacific while retaining the name M. strigatus for the species from Western Australia and the NW Pacific.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Australia from south of Mackay, QLD (21°22'S) to around Mallacoota, VIC (37°33'S), also Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea; subtropical, temperate, SW Pacific (New Caledonia)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [68, 133] (as M. strigatus)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [215] (as M. strigatus)

Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 208 pp. [200]

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [258] (as M. strigatus)

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [248] (as M. strigatus)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [216] (as M. strigatus)

Tea, Y.-K., Van Der Wal, C. Ludt, W.B., Gill, A.C., Lo, N. & Ho, S.Y.W. 2019. Boomeranging around Australia: Historical biogeography and population genomics of the anti‐equatorial fish Microcanthus strigatus (Teleostei: Microcanthidae). Molecular Ecology 28: 3771-3785

Tea, Y.-K. & Gill, A.C. 2020. Systematic reappraisal of the anti-equatorial fish genus Microcanthus Swainson (Teleostei: Microcanthidae), with redescription and resurrection of Microcanthus joyceae Whitley. Zootaxa 4802(1): 41-60 [53]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1289)

 

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)
MICROCANTHIDAE 07-Dec-2022 ADDED Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)