Species Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798)
Shaw's Cowfish, Painted Boxfish, Shaws Cowfish, Southern Cowfish, Striped Cowfish
- Ostracion auritus Shaw, G. in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1798. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. London Vol. 9 pls 325–348, unnumbered pages. [pl. 338] [the name is derived form the Latin adjective auritus = eared or attentive].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 2007.10.26.1 skin, Islands of the Pacific Ocean, probably TAS. - Ostracion striatus Shaw, G. 1804. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History. Fishes. London : G. Kearsley Vol. 5 1-463 pls 1(or 93)-182. [430] [based on a drawing].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Adventure Bay, Australia. - Ostracion tobinii Donovan, E. 1824. The Naturalist's Repository; or monthly miscellany of exotic natural history. London Vol. 2 unnumbered pages pls 37–72. [pl. 66].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Van Diemen's Land. - Ostracion (Aracana) lineata Gray, J.E. 1838. Notes on fish. Annals of Natural History 1: 109-111 [110].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH skin, Circular Head, TAS, Australia. - Ostracion spilogaster Richardson, J. 1840. On some new species of fishes from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 25-30 [27].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Port Arthur, TAS. - Aracana spilogaster angustata McCulloch, A.R. & Waite, E.R. 1915. A revision of the genus Aracana and its allies. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 39: 477-493 pls 16-25 [488, pl. 23].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA F166, Bass Strait, TAS. - Aracana spilogaster spinosissima McCulloch, A.R. & Waite, E.R. 1915. A revision of the genus Aracana and its allies. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 39: 477-493 pls 16-25 [488, pl. 21].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.1372, TAS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [426]
Generic Combinations
- Acarana aurita (Shaw, 1798) [alternative spelling of generic name]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [59] (2398) - Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798). —
Günther, A. 1870. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, [thru] Leptocardii, in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 8 549 pp. [258] - Aracana spilogaster (Richardson, 1840). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [426]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Newcastle, NSW (32°07'S) to Dongara, WA (29°15'S) and TAS; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, inshore, rock reef, seagrass.
Extra Ecological Information
10–160 m.
General References
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Aracanidae. pp. 892-902, figs 788-794 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [897]
Matsuura, K. 2008. Families Ostraciidae, Tetraodontidae. pp. 842-856 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [847]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [426] (and as A. spilogaster)
Waite, E.R. 1921. Illustrated catalogue of the fishes of South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2(1): 1-208 293 figs pl. 1 [193] (and p. 194, as Aracana spilogastra var. angusta)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [59] (2398, as Acarana aurita)
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. [897] (Shaws Cowfish)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [398] (Southern Cowfish)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [510] (Shaw's Cowfish, Striped Cowfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Shaw's Cowfish)
Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [66] (Painted Boxfish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |