Species Pentapodus nagasakiensis (Tanaka, 1915)
Japanese Threadfin Bream, Big-eye Whiptail, Japanese Butterfish, Japanese Whiptail
- Leptoscolopsis nagasakiensis Tanaka, S. 1915. Figures and Descriptions of the Fishes of Japan, including Riukiu Islands, Bonin Islands, Formosa, Kurile Islands, Korea and southern Sakhalin. Tokyo Vol. 20 pp. 343–370 pls 96–100. [365].
Type data:
Holotype ZIUT 3689, coast near Nagasaki, Japan.
Generic Combinations
- Pentapodus nagasakiensis (Tanaka, 1915). —
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [210]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Dampier Archipelago, WA (20°31'S) to Darwin, NT (130°50'E), and Great Barrier Reef from Lizard Island (14°40'S) to Swain Reefs (21°16'S), QLD; tropical, west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northeast Transition (19), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral reef, inshore, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
20–100 m.
General References
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [193, 338] (Indonesia and northern Australia)
Russell, B.C. 2001. Nemipteridae. pp. 3051-3089 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. [3084]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [88] (Japanese Butterfish)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [196] (FAO) (Japanese Whiptail)
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. [204] (Japanese Butterfish)
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [210] (Big-eye Whiptail)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Japanese Threadfin Bream)
History of changes
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19-Dec-2012 | 19-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |