Species Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Stromateus niger Bloch, M.E. 1795. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin : J. Morino Vol. 9 192 pp. pls 397-429. [93, pl. 422].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 8755, Tranquebar.

  Type locality references:

  Paepke, H.-J. 1999. Bloch's fish collection in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin: an illustrated catalog and historical account. Theses Zoologicae 32: 1-216 [56].

 

Generic Combinations

• Formio niger (Bloch, 1795). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [193]
• Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795). —
  Bleeker, P. 1864. Sixième notice sur la faune ichthyologique de Siam. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 2: 171-176 [date usually as 1865; publication date from Pieters, F.F.J.M. & Dickinson, E.C. 2005. The specified dates of publication of Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde volumes 1-5 (1863-1884). Archives of Natural History 32 (1): 107-109] [174] (changed combination with description of genus Parastromateus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exmouth Gulf, WA (22º05´S) to Byron Bay NSW (28º36´S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [114]

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [178]

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] [122] (799)

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. [164]

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. [164]

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1999. Family Carangidae. pp. 2659-2756 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2729]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] (1056)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [259]

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [178] (Black Batfish, Blue Skate, Butterfish, Halibut, Slade, Turbot)

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. [164] (Black Pomfret)

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

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1999. Family Carangidae. pp. 2659-2756 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2729] (FAO) (Black Pomfret)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Dec-2012		13-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED