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CAAB: 37259001

Species Cleidopus gloriamaris De Vis, 1882

Australian Pineapplefish, Coat-of-mail Fish, Knight Fish, Knight-fish, Knightfish, Mailfish, Pineapple Fish, Pineapple-fish, Pineapplefish, Pineconefish, Port And Starboard Light Fish, Port And Starboard Lightfish, Port-and-starboard Lightfish, West Australian Knight Fish

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

One Tree Island, QLD (23º30´S) to eastern TAS (42ºS) and from off Eucla (126º30´E) to Rowley Shoals (18º26´S), WA and Lord Howe Rise, south of Lord Howe Island; tropical, temperate.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, coral reef, inshore, nocturnal, rock reef.

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [76] (Port And Starboard Lightfish)

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Trachichthyidae, Monocentridae. pp. 399-412 figs 358-369 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [412] (Coat-of-mail Fish, Pineconefish)

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [118] (Knight-fish, Pineapple-fish, Port-and-starboard Lightfish)

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [125] (Knight Fish)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [71] (Pineapplefish)

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [228] (Pineapple 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] [79] (as C. g. occidentalis) (Port And Starboard Light Fish, West Australian Knight Fish)

Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp. [85] (Mailfish)

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. [51] (Knightfish)

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

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016 BERYCIFORMES 17-Dec-2015 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)