Species Craterocephalus munroi Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1988

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• Craterocephalus munroi Crowley, L.E.L.M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1988. A new species of Australian Craterocephalus (Pisces: Atherinidae) and redescription of four other species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 151-169 [156, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.27329-001, Bynoe River, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM I.27330-00, I.27331-001; BMNH 1988.3.10.6-10; QM I.25026; UMMZ 214553; SSC 293955; WAM P.29673-001.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Nicholson (138º40'E), Bynoe (140º50'E) and Norman (141º05'E) rivers, Gulf of Carpentaria drainage, QLD; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, pelagic.

 

General References

Crowley, L.E.L.M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1992. Redefinition of the freshwater fish genus Craterocephalus (Teleostei: Atherinidae) of Australia and New Guinea with an analysis of three species. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 3(3): 273-287 [278]

Ivantsoff, W. & Crowley, L.E.L.M. 1999. Atherinidae. pp. 2113-2139 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. [2132]

 

Common Name References

Ivantsoff, W. & Crowley, L.E.L.M. 1999. Atherinidae. pp. 2113-2139 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. [2132] (Munro's Hardyhead)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Munro's Hardyhead)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2014	ATHERINIFORMES	14-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)