Species Parapolynemus verekeri (Saville-Kent, 1889)

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• Polynemus verekeri Saville-Kent, W. 1889. Preliminary observations on a natural history collection made in connection with the surveying cruise of H.M.S. Myrmidon, at Port Darwin and Cambridge Gulf — Sept. to Nov., 1888. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6(5): 219-239 pl. 13 [222, pl. 13(1)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM I.2770, Ord River, Cambridge Gulf, north-western Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) AM I.2771.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Feltes, R.M. 1993. Parapolynemus, a new genus for the polynemid fish previously known as Polynemus verekeri. Copeia 1993(1): 207-215 figs 1-8 [212].

 

Generic Combinations

• Parapolynemus verekeri (Saville-Kent, 1889). —
  Feltes, R.M. 1993. Parapolynemus, a new genus for the polynemid fish previously known as Polynemus verekeri. Copeia 1993(1): 207-215 figs 1-8 [207] (changed combination as type of genus Parapolynemus)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cambridge Gulf, WA (15°S, 128°E) to east Van Diemen Gulf, NT (132°35'E); tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coastal, estuary, inshore, mud bottom-marine.

 

General References

Feltes, R.M. 1993. Parapolynemus, a new genus for the polynemid fish previously known as Polynemus verekeri. Copeia 1993(1): 207-215 figs 1-8 [207]

Feltes, R.M. 2001. Polynemidae. pp. 3090-3116 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. [3103]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [120] (as Polynemus verekeri)

Motomura, H. 2004. Family Polynemidae Rafinesque 1815 threadfins. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 32: 1-18 [5]

Motomura, H. 2004. Threadfins of the World (Family Polynemidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of polynemid species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, No. 3. Rome : FAO 117 pp., 152 figs, 6 pls. [35]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [110] (739, as Polynemus verekeri)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (678 as Polynemus verekeri)

 

Common Name References

Feltes, R.M. 2001. Polynemidae. pp. 3090-3116 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. [3103] (FAO) (Dwarf Paradise Fish)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [110] (Streamered Tassel-fish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Nov-2012		26-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED