Species Parapercis ramsayi (Steindachner, 1883)

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External Links

• Percis ramsayi Steindachner, F. 1883. Ichthyologische Beiträge (XIII). Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 20(22): 194-197 [194] [described in more detail in Steindachner, F. 1884. Ichthyologische Beiträge (13)1. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Australiens. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Wein 88(1): 1065–1108, figs 1–8 [dated 1883], p. 1072].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
• Percis novaecambriae Ogilby, J.D. 1885. Descriptions of new fishes from Port Jackson. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 10(2): 225-230 [228] [as Percis novae-cambriae].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM B.6696–7, Port Jackson, NSW
  Comment: Originally as novae-cambriae.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cantwell, G.E. 1964. A revision of the genus Parapercis, family Mugiloididae. Pacific Science 18(3): 239-280 [249]

 

Generic Combinations

• Neopercis ramsayi (Steindachner, 1883). —
  Steindachner, F. in Steindachner, F. & Döderlein, L. 1884. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Japan's. III. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 49: 171-212 [212] (changed combination with naming of genus)
• Parapercis ramsayi (Steindachner, 1883). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [332]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Byron Bay, NSW (29°24'S, 153°28'E) to off Wilsons Prom, VIC (39°00'S, 146°36'E), and east of Kangaroo Island, SA (36°00'S, 138°16E) to Great Australian Bight, SA (31°50'S, 130°45'E), and off Busselton, WA (33°32'S) to Geraldton, WA (28°S, 114°E); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, rock reef, rubble bottom, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 2-57 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Allen, C.J. 2006. Pinguipedidae. pp. 1488-1494 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. [1493]

Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [245]

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [713]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [40]

Johnson, J.W. 2008. Pinguipedidae. pp. 670-673 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [673]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [315]

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [322]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [332]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [53] (1817, as Neopercis ramsayi)

 

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [713] (Spotted Grubfish)

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [353] (Ramsay's Grubfish)

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

Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [120] (Spotted Weever)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [52] (Spotted Grubfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018	PINGUIPEDIDAE	09-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
08-Oct-2015	TRACHINOIDEI	11-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
22-Sep-2011		22-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED