Species Nemipterus isacanthus (Bleeker, 1873)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Dentex isacanthus Bleeker, P. 1873. Révision des espèces de Dentex, Synagris, Gymnocranius, Gnathodentex et Pentapus de l'Inde archipélagique et du Japon. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen [Verh. Akad. Amsterdam] 13: 1-64 [13].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 5699, Jakarta (as Batavia), Java; Padang, Sumatra.

 

Generic Combinations

• Nemipterus isacanthus (Bleeker, 1873). —
  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. [206]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Nemipterus mesoprion (Bleeker, 1853) [misidentification]. —
  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. [204]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dampier Archipelago, WA (20°28'S) to Gulf of Carpentaria, northeast of Pellew Islands, NT (137°49'E); tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud bottom-marine, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

50–200 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [136]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [86]

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]

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. [38]

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. [3067]

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. [206] (and p. 204, as Nemipterus mesoprion)

 

Common Name References

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. [3067] (FAO) (Teardrop 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. [206] (Twin-lined Threadfin-bream)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Teardrop Threadfin Bream)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Dec-2012		19-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED