Species Owstonia maccullochi Whitley, 1934
McCulloch's Bandfish, Crimson Perch
- Owstonia maccullochi Whitley, G.P. 1934. Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. 12 unnumbered pages in McCulloch, A.R. (ed.). The Fishes and Fish-like Animals of New South Wales. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 104 pp. 43 pls. [12th unnumbered page].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.5815, east of Sydney, NSW
Comment: holotype figured in (Whitley, G.P., 1940) [fig. 31].Type locality references:
Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Owstonia totomiensis Tanaka, 1908 [misidentifiction]. —
Hoese, D.F. 2006. Family Cepolidae. pp. 1360-1362 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. [1362] (QLD records only)
Introduction
Smith-Vaniz (2001) suggested that the species might be a synonym of Owstonia totomiensis. Liao et al. (2009) listed the two as synonyms, based only on examination of holotypes. As a result, the species has been identified in museum collections under both names in Australia. We follow Smith-Vaniz & Johnson (2016) in recognising this species as distinct.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
East of Dunk Island (17°54'S, 147°4'E) to south of Saumarez Reef (22°6'S, 153°18'E), QLD and off Sydney, NSW (33°51'S, 152°03'E); subtropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19)
Distribution References
- Last, P.R., Pogonoski, J.J., Gledhill, D.C. White, W.T. & Walker, C.J. 2014. The deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea. Zootaxa 3887 (2): 191–224 [218]
- Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Johnson, G.D. 2016. Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa 4187(1): 1–103 [62]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, marine, nectonic.
General References
Liao, Y.-C., Reyes, R.B., Jr. & Shao, K.-T. 2009. A new bandfish, Owstonia sarmiento (Pisces: Perciformes: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae), from the Philippines with a key to the species of the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57: 521-515 [524] (listed as synonym of Owstonia totomiensis)
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2001. Cepolidae. pp. 3331-3332 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. (possible synonym of O. totomiensis)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (864)
Common Name References
Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp. [115] (Crimson Perch)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (McCulloch's Bandfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2016 | CEPOLIDAE | 24-Nov-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Matthew Lockett Dr Doug Hoese |
| 13-Nov-2012 | 13-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |