Species Monotaxis heterodon (Bleeker, 1854)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pagrus heterodon Bleeker, P. 1854. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Halmajeira (Gilolo). Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 6: 49-62 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Sindangole, Halmahera, Indonesia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Monotaxis heterodon (Bleeker, 1854). —
  Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [281]

 

Introduction

The validity of M. heterodon has been uncertain until recently with the publication of molecular analysis supporting two species in Monotaxis (e.g., Chen & Borsa, 2020; Fabian et al. 2021)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, WA, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, and Cairns to southern Great Barrier Reef, QLD, with juveniles south to Sydney, NSW; tropical, Indo-south Pacific (Mozambique, Philippines, French Polynesia)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [501]

Chen, W.-J. & Borsa, P. 2020. Diversity, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of large-eye seabreams (Teleostei: Lethrinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 151(106902): 1-11

Fabian, V., Houk, P. & Lemer, S. 2021. Phylogeny of Micronesian emperor fishes and evolution of trophic types. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 162(107207): 1-7

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	LETHRINIDAE	20-Sep-2023	ADDED