Species Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Rosy Threadfin Bream, Fork-tailed Threadfin Bream, Forktailed Threadfin Bream, Red Butterfly Bream, Rosy Threadfin-bream, Threadfin Bream
- Dentex furcosus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 6 559 pp. pls 141-169. [244].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 132 (141.4 mm SL), Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 132 (133 mm SL), Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.Subsequent designation references:
Russell, B.C. 1991. On the validity of Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes) (Nemipteridae). Cybium 15(1): 35-41 [39]. - Dentex upeneoides Bleeker, P. 1853. Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Banka. Natuurkundige tijdschrift voor Nederland-Indië 3: 715-738 [725].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH 5687, Sinus Klabat, Bangka (as Banka), Indonesia. - Synagris furcosus Günther, A. 1859. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 524 pp. [373] [junior homonym of Dentex furcosus Valenciennes, 1830].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1858.4.21:242 1 specimen, Ambon; BMNH 1851.2.20:10 2 specimens, Australia; BMNH 4 specimens (dried or stuffed), Louisiade Archipelago. - Genyoroge rubicauda Saville-Kent, W. 1893. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its Products and Potentialities. London : W.H. Allen & Co., Limited. [xiii] + 388 pp. 21 figs 64 pls. [281, 369] [nom. nud. for Lutianus rubicundus De Vis, as ?Genyoroge rubicauda].
- Nemipterus robustus Ogilby, J.D. 1916. Three undescribed Queensland fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 112-115 [114] [nom. nov. for Synagris furcosus Günther, 1859].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1858.4.21:242 1 specimen, Ambon, Indonesia; BMNH 1851.2.20:10 2 specimens, Australia; BMNH 4 specimens (dried or stuffed), Louisade Archipelago. - Nemipterus guntheri Ogilby, J.D. 1918. Edible fishes of Queensland. Parts 10–14. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 45-90 figs 16-26 [55, 58] [nom. nov. for Synagris furcosus Günther, 1859].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1858.4.21:242 1 specimen, Ambon, Indonesia; BMNH 1851.2.20:10 2 specimens, Australia; BMNH 4 specimens (dried or stuffed), Louisade Archipelago.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes, 1830). —
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [187] - Nemipterus upeneoides (Bleeker, 1853). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [209]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Dampier Archipelago, WA (20°28'S) to Capricorn Group, QLD (23°30'S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, mud bottom-marine, sand bottom marine.
Extra Ecological Information
8–110 m.
General References
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [209] (as Nemipterus robustus and as N. upeneoides)
Russell, B.C. 1991. On the validity of Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes) (Nemipteridae). Cybium 15(1): 35-41 [35]
Russell, B.C. 1993. A review of the threadfin breams of the genus Nemipterus (Nemipteridae) from Japan and Taiwan, with description of a new species. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 39(4): 295-310 [299]
Russell, B.C. 2001. Nemipteridae. pp. 3051-3089 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3065]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [45] (1134, as Nemipterus robustus and 1131, as N. upeneoides)
Common Name References
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [193] (Red Butterfly Bream)
Russell, B.C. 1990. FAO Species Catalogue. Nemipterid fishes of the World (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams, Monocle breams, Dwarf monocle breams, and Coral breams — Family Nemipteridae). Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 12. Rome : FAO 149 pp. VIII pls. [34] (FAO) (Fork-tailed Threadfin Bream)
Russell, B.C. 2001. Nemipteridae. pp. 3051-3089 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3065] (FAO) (Forktailed Threadfin Bream)
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [208] (Rosy Threadfin-bream)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Rosy Threadfin Bream)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [249] (Threadfin Bream)
History of changes
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