Species Platycephalus chauliodous Knapp, 1991

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• Platycephalus chauliodous Knapp, L.W. 1991. Platycephalus chauliodous, a new flathead fish from the eastern Indian Ocean (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(1): 23-29 [24, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.20231-007, Cockburn Sound, 0.5 km south of Carnac Island, WA, 6-7m.
  Paratype(s) AMNH 48856, Cape Freycinet, WA, 0-6m; USNM 307398, off Garden Island, WA [32°12'S, 115°40'E]; WAM P.24172-001, Cockburn Sound, Carnac Island, 3miles off Freemantle, WA, ~10m; WAM P.25798-008, Eagle Bay, WA, 0-4m [33°33.5'S, 115°04'E]; WAM P.29879.001, WA, ~40m [31°50'S, 115°44'E]; WAM P.29944-001, Cowaramup Beach, WA, ~8m [33°47'S, 115°00'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Platycephalus sp. —
  Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [78]
• Neoplatycephalus sp. —
  Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Great Australian Bight west of Eucla (32º30´S, 126º45'E) to north of Rottnest Island (31º50'S), WA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coastal, inshore, rock reef, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

0-40m

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [46, 127 fig. 196] (as Neoplatycephalus sp.)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [78] (as Platycephalus sp.)

Imamura, H. 1996. Phylogeny of the family Platycephalidae and related taxa (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Species Diversity 1(2): 123-233 [199]

Imamura, H. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the flathead fish genus Platycephalus Bloch, 1785 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) from Australia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3904(2): 151–207 [174-177]

Imamura, H. & Knapp, L.W. 2009. A new species of the flathead genus Onigocia (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) collected from the Coral and Tasman seas. Zootaxa 2008: 23-38 [62]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Platycephalidae. pp. 933-948 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. [941]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	31-Mar-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED