Species Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz, 1960)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Tripterygion brachylepis Schultz, L.P. 1960. Family Clinidae. pp. 281-300, figs 109-114 in Schultz, L.P., Chapman, W.M., Lachner, E.A. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 2. Families Mullidae through Stromateidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(2): 1-438, figs 91-132, pls 75-123 [291, fig. 113].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 142253, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.

 

Generic Combinations

• Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz, 1960). —
  Myers, R.F. 1989. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Guam : Coral Graphics 298 pp. [204]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rottnest Island (32°01'S) to Hibernia Reef (122°22'E), WA and Raine Island, QLD (11°36'S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Fricke, R 1997. Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae 29: 1-607 figs 1-110 [504]

Fricke, R. 1991. Ceratobregma striata, a new triplefin (Tripterygiidae) from Northern Australia, and a record of Norfolkia brachylepis from Western Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 37(4): 337-343 figs 1-4 [340]

Fricke, R. 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the Southwest Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 16 species (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae 24: 1-585 figs 1-130 [465]

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. [522]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications. [2434] (Schultz' Triplefin)

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [212] (Scaly-head Threefin)

Fricke, R. 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the Southwest Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 16 species (Teleostei). Theses Zoologicae 24: 1-585 figs 1-130 [465] (Tropical Scaly-headed Triplefin)

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. [522] (Scalyfin Triplefin)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Feb-2013		01-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)