Genus Moolgarda Whitley, 1945
- Moolgarda Whitley, G.P. 1945. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 11(1): 1-42 figs 1-15 [14].
Type species:
Moolgarda pura Whitley, 1945 by original designation. - Valamugil Smith, J.L.B. 1948. A generic revision of the mugilid fishes of South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 14(76): 833-843 figs 1-15 [1947] [834, 841].
Type species:
Mugil seheli Forsskål, 1775 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663 [278]
Introduction
The genus has generally been recognised as Valamugil. Thompson (1997) regarded Moolgarda as a synonym of Liza based on examination of paratypes. Senou (2002) noted that the holotype of the type species of Moolgarda (M. pura) was a specimen of Valamugil seheli, the type species of Valamugil. The holotype probably does not exist, but the original description indicates that Senou (2002) was correct (Kottelat 2013). As a result Moolgarda is the older name.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
MUGILIDAE: Moolgarda speigleri Bleeker, 1858 [see Valamugil speigleri; a single Australian record of Moolgarda speigleri from the Burdekin River, QLD, held in the Australian Museum (A.18134) and reported by Thomson (1997), has since been re-identified as Moolgarda cunnesius (Ghasemzadeh pers. comm.)]
MUGILIDAE: Valamugil speigleri (Bleeker, 1858) — Thomson, J.M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(3): 457-562 fig. 1 [507]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west–central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
Harrison, I.J. & Senou, H. 1999. Order Mugiliformes. pp. 2069-2790 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663
Senou, H. 2002. Mugilidae. pp. 1510-1513 in Nakabo, T. (ed.). Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English edition. Tokyo : Toikai University Press pp. 867-1749.
Thomson, J.M. 1997. The Mugilidae of the world. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(3): 457-562 fig. 1
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2015 | MUGILIFORMES | 09-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |