Species Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872)

Museums

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External Links

• Paradules obscurus Klunzinger, C.B. 1872. Zur Fische-fauna von Süd Australien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 38(1): 17-47 pl. 2 [20].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NHMW 37099, Yarra lagoon, Melbourne, VIC; SMNS 1598, Yarra lagoon, Melbourne, VIC.
• Microperca yarrae Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [48].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP A.9030, lower Yarra River, VIC; MNHP A.4189, lower Yarra River, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [157]

 

Generic Combinations

• Edelia obscura (Klunzinger, 1872). —
  Lake, J.S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Melbourne : Nelson 61 pp. [35]
  Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [62]
  Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [122]
• Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger, 1872). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [157]

 

Introduction

The species is listed as Vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It was listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN in 1996.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded only from southern VIC in the Yarra River (145º44´E) and the Eumerella River (142º00´E) in south-western VIC and Bool Lagoon system, SA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [174]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [211]

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [122] (as Edelia obscura)

Hammer, M.P., Unmack, P.J., Adams, M., Johnson, J.B. & Walker, K.F. 2010. Phylogeographic structure in the threatened Yarra pygmy perch Nannoperca obscura (Teleostei: Percichthyidae) has major implications for declining populations. Conservation Genetics 11: 213–223

Kuiter, R.H. 2013. Pictorial Guide to Victoria's Freshwater Fishes. Seaford, Victoria : Aquatic Photographics 178 pp. [116]

Kuiter, R.H., Humphries, P.A. & Arthington, A.H. 1996. Family Nannopercidae. pp. 168-175 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [172]

Leggett, R. & Merrick, J.R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. Artarmon : J.R. Merrick Publications 241 pp. 142 figs. [184]

Lintermans, M. 2009. Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin — An Introductory Guide. Canberra : Murray-Darling Basin Commission 157 pp. [MDBC Publication Number 10/07] [88]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [157]

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [155]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [246] (as Edelia obscura)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [155] (944)

Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1062]

Unmack, P.J., Hammer, M.P., Adams, M. & Dowling, T.E. 2011. A phylogenetic analysis of pygmy perches (Teleostei: Percichthyidae) with an assessment of the major historical influences on aquatic biogeography in southern Australia. Systematic Biology 60(6): 797–812

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (862)

 

Common Name References

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [246] (Yarra Pygmy Perch)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [155] (Yarra Pigmy Perch)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Yarra Pygmy Perch)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	PERCICHTHYIDAE	13-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
21-Nov-2012		25-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)