Species Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870)
Australian Lungfish, Burnett River Salmon, Ceratodus, Fresh Water Salmon, Lungfish, Queensland Lungfish
- Ceratodus forsteri Krefft, G. 1870. Letter to the editor. Sydney Morning Herald 5(5): p. 65, column 5 [dated 18 January 1870] [65] [description also in Krefft, G. 1870. Description of a gigantic amphibian allied to the genus Lepidosiren, from the Wide-Bay district, Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870(2): 221-224 (221)].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (photograph in Whitley, G.P. 1927. The Queensland lungfish. The Australian Museum Magazine 3(2): 50-52 [50]), QLD. - Ceratodus miolepis Günther, A. 1871. Ceratodus, and its place in the system. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 7(39): 222-227 [222] [also appeared in Günther, A. 1871. Description of Ceratodus, a genus of ganoid fishes, recently discovered in rivers of Queensland, Australia. (Abstract.). Proceedings fo the Royal Society of London 127: 377-379 (377) and in Günther, A. 1872. Description of Ceratodus, a genus of ganoid fish recently discovered in the rivers of Queensland, Australia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 161(19): 511–571 pls 30–42 (516)].
Type data:
Status unknown, AM A.14079 (possible type), Mary River, QLD. - Neoceratodus blanchardi Castelnau, F.L. de 1876. Mémoire sur les poissons appelés barramundi par les Aborigènes du nord-est de l'Australie. Journal de Zoologie (Gervais) 5: 129-136 [132].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.419, Fitzroy River, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [33]
Generic Combinations
- Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [33]
Introduction
The species is Listed as Vulnerable under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) and protected in Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Burnett River (25º03´S) and Mary River (25º40´S), QLD, also translocated to other rivers and reservoirs of south-east QLD, North Pine River (including Lake Samsonvale), the Brisbane River (including Lake Wivenhoe), and Enoggera Reservoir, introductions to other areas apparently unsuccessful; fossils known from NSW; tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
General References
Berra, T.M. 2007. Freshwater Fish Distribution. Chicago : University of Chicago 605 pp. [29]
Frentiu, F.D., Ovenden, J.R. & Street, R. 2001. Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri: Dipnoi) have low genetic variation at allozyme and mitochondrial DNA loci: a conservation alert? Conservation Genetics 2: 63-67
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [786]
Kemp, A. 1995. Threatened fishes of the world: Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870) (Neoceratodontidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 43: 310
Kemp, A. 1997. A revision of Australian Mesozoic and Cenozoic lungfish of the family Neoceratodontidae (Osteichthyes; Dipnoi), with a description of four new species. Journal of Paleontology 71: 713-733
Kemp, A.R. 1999. Sensory lines and rostral skull bones in lungfish of the family Neoceratodontidae (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi). Alcheringa 23: 289-307
Lake, J.S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Melbourne : Nelson 61 pp. [14]
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs.
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [33]
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] [21] (148)
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [239] (photo of holotype and suggested that the holotype had rotted and was no longer in the Australian Museum)
Whitley, G.P. 1956. The freshwater fishes of Australia. 4. — The Queensland Lungfish. Aqualife 1(12): 9-10 [9]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (168)
Common Name References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [532] (Burnett River Salmon, Lungfish)
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [786] (Ceratodus)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [46] (Queensland Lungfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum pp. 394. [54]) (Australian Lungfish)
Whitley, G.P. 1956. The freshwater fishes of Australia. 4. — The Queensland Lungfish. Aqualife 1(12): 9-10 [9] (Fresh Water Salmon)
History of changes
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