Species Pelates octolineatus (Jenyns, 1840)
Western Striped Grunter, Eight-lined Trumpeter, Grunter, Sea Trumpeter, Striped Perch, Striped Trumpeter, Tiger Perch, Trumpeter, Western Striped Trumpeter
- Helotes octolineatus Jenyns, L. 1840. Part 4 Fishes. 1-64 pls 1-15 in Darwin, C. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. London : Smith, Elder & Co. [18].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1917.7.14.41, King George Sound, WA. - Terapon sexlineatus Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1825. Chapter 9. Poissons. 329-401 pls 43-65 in Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, entrepris par orde du Roi, sous le Ministère et conformément aux instructions de S. Exc. M. le Vicomte de Boucharge, secrétaire d'État au Département de la Marine exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendent les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820; publié sous les auspices de S.E.M. le Conte Corbière, secrétaire d'État de l'Intérieur, pour la partie historique et les sciences naturelles, et de S.E.M. le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, Secrétaire d'État de la Marine et des Colonies, pour la partie nautique; par M. Louis Freycinet, etc. Paris : Pillet Aîné Vol. 1 + atlas iv 712 pp. [340, pl. 60 (fig 1)] [secondary homonym of Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 7941, Shark Bay, WA. - Helotes profundior De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(2): 389-400 [397].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, SA. - Helotes scotus Haacke, J.W. 1885. Diagnosen zweier bemerkenswerther südaustralischer Fische. Zoologischer Anzeiger 8(203/4): 508-509 [508].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA (indicated that types are in Museum in Adelaide; now missing), Adelaide, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [secondary homonym of Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [164]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (904)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). —
Vari, R.P. 1978. The terapon perches (Percoidei, Terapontidae) a cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159(5): 175-340 figs 1-94 [252-253] (in part, treated as a synonym of P. sexlineatus)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [54, 129] (a misidentification, in part)
Introduction
As recognised here, this species is distinctive and widely distributed in Australia. Vari (1978) regarded octolineatus as a junior synonym of Pelates sexlineatus. Further work is needed on the genus and if the type of octolineatus is the same species as sexlineatus then the name profundor is the next available name. Also, at present this species is found in tropical and temperate waters, and it may be possible that more than one species is involved.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Victor Harbour (138º37´E) to Port Lincoln (135º52´E), SA and King George Sound (117º58´E) to Shark Bay (25º56´S), WA and east to Moreton Bay, QLD, frequently misidentified as P. sexlineatus and P. quadrilineatus; two species may be involved, a temperate and a tropical species (Jeff Johnson, pers. comm.); tropical, temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Chubb, C.F., Hutchins, J.B., Lenanton, R.C.J. & Potter, I.C. 1979. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Swan-Avon river system, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(1): 1-55 [22]
- 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) [324] (as Helotes sexlineatus)
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [159] (as Helotes sexlineatus)
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, estuary, inshore, omnivore, weed beds.
Extra Ecological Information
Primarily herbivorous
General References
Allen, G.R., Cross, N. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Terapontidae. pp. 1331-1342 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. [1338]
Allen, G.R. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Terapontidae. pp. 617-619 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [618]
Davis, A.M., Unmack, P.J., Pusey, B.J., Pearson, R.G. & Morgan, D.L. 2013. Ontogenetic development of intestinal length and relationships to diet in an Australasian fish family (Terapontidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 53, 16 pp. (as Helotes sexlineatus)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [54] (as Pelates sexlineatus)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [164] (as Helotes sexlineatus in part, H. profundior and H. scotus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (904 as Helotes sexlineatus, 905 as H. profundior, and 906 as H. scotus)
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. [561] (Sea Trumpeter, Trumpeter)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [129] (Striped Perch, Striped Trumpeter)
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [46] (Eight-lined Trumpeter)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [134] (Western Striped Trumpeter)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western Striped Grunter)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [141] (Grunter, Tiger Perch)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2018 | TERAPONTIDAE | 01-May-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| 05-Dec-2012 | 05-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |