Species Plagiogeneion macrolepis McCulloch, 1914

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• Plagiogeneion macrolepis McCulloch, A.R. 1914. Report on some fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part 2. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 2(3): 77-165 figs 1-15 pls 13-34 [104, pl. 20].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E.2468, Great Australian Bight.
  Paratype(s) AM I.12316; AM I.12332; NMV A.9301 (possible paratype); NMV A.20058; QM I.1399; TMH D148–D149 (possible paratypes); NMV A.18428 (possible paratypes).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Rottnest Island, WA (31°59'S) to off Lakes Entrance, VIC (38°16'S), and off west coast of Tasmania; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

128–230 m.

 

General References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Emmelichthyidae, Gerreidae, Sparidae, Sciaenidae, Mullidae. pp. 585-592 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [586]

Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1977. A revision of the Emmelichthyidae (Pisces : Perciformes). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 361-396 figs 1-5 [370]

Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Emmelichthyidae. pp. 595-597, figs 527-528 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. [596]

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. [309]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [201]

Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1974. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 392 pp. figs. [218]

Waite, E.R. 1921. Illustrated catalogue of the fishes of South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2(1): 1-208 293 figs pl. 1 [106]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] (1090)

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [153] (Big-scale Bonnetmouth, Bonnetmouth)

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. [596] (Cosmopolitan Rubyfish, Rubyfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Nov-2012		19-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED