Species Gymnocranius euanus (Günther, 1879)
Paddletail Seabream, Iodine Bream, Japanese Large-eye Bream, Japanese Sea Bream, Paddle-tailed Sea-bream
- Sphaerodon euanus Günther, A. 1879. Notice of two new species of fishes from the south seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(4): 136-137 [137].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1879.5.22.137, Tonga (as Friendly Islands). - Monotaxis affinis Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological descriptions and notes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 68(3, 4): 114-144 figs 1-12 [139].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.6609, North Gardiner Bank, off Fraser Island, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Gymnocranius affinis (Whitley, 1943). —
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [215] - Gymnocranius euanus (Günther, 1879). —
Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp. [24-25]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NW of Kalbarri, WA (26°55'S) to Moreton Bay QLD (26°57'S) also Herald Cay, QLD (16°40'S, 149°20'E), Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs and Lord Howe Island, NSW, and Norfolk Island; tropical, west Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Distribution References
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [161] (Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island)
- Gill, A.C. & Reader, S.E. 1992. Fishes. pp. 90-93, 193-228 in Hutchings, P. (ed.). Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific. Canberra : Australian National Parks Vol. 3, Kowari 230 pp.
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [321]
- Oxley, W.G., Ayling, A.M., Cheal, A.J. & Osborne, K. 2004. Marine surveys undertaken in the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve, December 2003. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Sciences 64 pp. [49]
- Speare, P., Cappo, M., Rees, M., Brownlie, J. & Oxley, W. 2004. Deep water fish and benthic surveys in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park (Commonwealth Waters): February 2004. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Sciences 30 pp. [24]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine, sand bottom marine.
Extra Ecological Information
15-50 m.
General References
Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 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. [3020]
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [215] (as Gymnocranius affinis)
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [425]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1220, as Monotaxis affinis)
Common Name References
Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp. [24] (FAO) (Japanese Large-eye Bream)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [215] (Iodine Bream, Paddle-tailed Sea-bream)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [197] (Japanese Sea Bream)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Paddletail Seabream)
History of changes
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| 19-Dec-2012 | 19-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |