Species Neoniphon aurolineatus (Liénard, 1839)

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External Links

• Holocentrum aurolineatum Liénard, R.P. 1839. Poissons. Rapport Annuel sur les Travaux de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice 10: 31-47 [not seen] [32] [as auro-lineatum].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Mauritius.
• Flammeo scythrops Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1903. Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 22: 161-208 [174].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 50633, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 2285 24214; BPBM 1691; CAS 417; CAS 1491 (lost); CAS(SU) 7455-7456; FMNH 3967; USNM 50634; USNM 126575.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 1985. A review of the squirrelfishes of the subfamily Holocentrinae from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 49: 1-27 [3]

 

Generic Combinations

• Neoniphon aurolineatus (Liénard, 1839). —
  Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 1985. A review of the squirrelfishes of the subfamily Holocentrinae from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 49: 1-27 [3]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Escape Reef, QLD (15º50´S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, nocturnal.

Extra Ecological Information

30-160 m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [68]

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Holocentridae. pp. 776-785 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [780]

Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1983. A new species and two new records of squirrelfishes (Holocentridae) from the eastern Indian Ocean and Australia. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 10(1): 5-8 figs 1-5 (as Flammeo scythrops)

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [172]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [64]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [68] (Yellow-striped Squirrelfish)

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [92] (Goldlined Squirrelfish)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [64] (Yellowstriped Squirrelfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Yellowstriped Squirrelfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	BERYCIFORMES	17-Dec-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED