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CAAB: 37287110

Species Neosebastes johnsoni Motomura, 2004

Johnson's Gurnard Perch

  • Type data:
     Holotype CSIRO H.3645-11, east of Rockingham Bay, QLD, 239-266m [18°01–06'S, 147°06–09'E].
    Paratype(s) AM I.25800-034, north of Townsville, QLD, 220m [18°00'S, 147°02'E]; AM I.25801-011 (4), north of Townsville, QLD, 220m [18°00'S, 147°02'E]; AM I.37355-017, east of Swains reef, QLD, 170m [22°13-24'S, 153°03-05'E]; AM I.37587-013, east of Swains reef, QLD, 138m [22°24-27'S, 153°04-09'E]; AM I.37601-006, east of Swains reef, QLD, 180m [20°00'-21°50'S, 152°57'-153°01'E]; AM I.38089-015, east of Swains reef, QLD, 181m [22°12-55'S, 153°11-21'E]; BPBM 39583, north of Townsville, QLD, 220m [18°00'S, 147°02'E]; CAS 220299, north of Townsville, QLD, 220m [18°00'S, 147°02'E]; CSIRO H.592-12 (2), south of Flinder's Reefs, QLD, 208-212m [17°57'-18°01'S, 146°58'-147°01'E]; CSIRO H.763-02, off Cairns, QLD, 162-170m [17°49-54'S, 146°51-54'E]; CSIRO H.1358-04, east of Dunk Island, QLD, 200m [18°06-08'S, 147°08-11'S]; CSIRO H.3402-04, east of Dunk Island, QLD, 196m [17°53'S, 146°54'E]; CSIRO H.3645-01, east of Rockingham Bay, QLD, 239-266m [18°01-06'S, 147°06-09'E]; CSIRO H.3645-10, east of Rockingham Bay, QLD, 239-266m [18°01-06'S, 147°06-09'E]; CSIRO H.3645-12 (4), east of Rockingham Bay, QLD, 239-266m [18°01-06'S, 147°06-09'E]; CSIRO H.5990-01, northeast of Dunk Island, QLD, 200m [17°17-21'S, 146°40-42'E]; NMV A.4412, 90km east of Dunk Island, QLD, 218-220m [17°56-59'S, 146°58'S-147°00'E]; NMV 4424, 90km east of Dunk Island, QLD, 224-228m [17°58'-18°00'S, 146°59'-147°01'E]; NTM S.11746-021, east of Dunk Island, QLD, 200m [17°57'S, 146°59'E]; NTM S.11747-010, east of Dunk Island, QLD, 224-228m [17°58'S, 146°59'E]; NTM S.11748-009 (3), east of Dunk Island, QLD, 218-220m [17°56'S, 146°58'E]; NTM S.11758-001 (2), east of Dunk Island, QLD, 218-220m [17°57'S, 146°59'E]; QM I.18883, QLD, 201-220m [21°30-41'S, 152°54-56'E]; QM I.18917 (2), QLD, 174-220m [23°53-58'S, 152°37-45'E]; QM I.18967, QLD, 201-220m [21°30-41'S, 152°54-56'E]; QM I.19988, east of Bunker Group, QLD, 270m [23°50'S, 152°36'E]; QM I.20151, 7 miles northwest of Cape Moreton, QLD, 110m [26°55'S, 153°25'E]; QM I.21501, southeast of Swain Reefs, QLD, 220m [22°36'S, 153°17'E]; QM I.33055 (3), east of Point Cartwright, QLD, 70m [26°40'S, 153°30'E]; QM I.33338 (6), east of Mudjimba, QLD, 102m [26°37'S, 153°34'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

  • Neosebastes entaxis Jordan & Starks, 1904 [true N. entaxis does not occur in Australian waters - the name has been mistakenly applied to three Australian species, N. johnsoni, N. longirostris and N. occidentalis, see Motomura, 2004].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Northeast of Dunk Island (17°18'S) to north of Brisbane (27°S) and western Coral Sea; tropical.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

70–270 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
06-May-2015 SCORPAENIFORMES 08-Oct-2015 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED