Species Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938)
- Trudis bassensis westraliae Whitley, G.P. 1938. Studies in Ichthyology No. 11. Records of the Australian Museum 20(3): 195-199 fig. 1 pl. 21 [199].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.7189, Swan River, WA.
Paratype(s) AM IA.7190.
Generic Combinations
- Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938). —
Imamura, H. 2008. Synonymy of two species of the genus Platycephalus and validity of Platycephalus westraliae (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zoological Research 55: 399-406 (changed combination with elevation of sub-species)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Platycephalus indicus Linnaeus, 1758 [misidentification]. —
Grant, E.M. 2004. Grant's guide to fishes. Scarborough, Queensland : E.M. Grant Pty. Ltd. 10th, pp.880. [192, pl.87] - Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 [misidentification. The name applied to P. westraliae, initially by Taylor (1964) and then by many authors (see General References) prior to 2008 (see Introduction and Imamura 2008)]. —
Taylor, W.R. 1964. Fishes of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4: 44-307 figs 1-68 [287] (misidentification) - Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [misidentification, considered Trudis bassensis westraliae to be a junior synonym of P. bassensis]. —
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [468]
Introduction
This species was described by Whitley (1938) as Trudis bassensis westraliae, a sub-species of P. bassensis, and was long treated as a junior synonym of that species. Imamura (2008) removed the taxa from synonymy and elevated it to a valid species, Platycephalus westraliae. Prior to this records of this species were widely referred to as P. endrachtensis (see Introduction to P. edrachtensis).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Freemantle, WA (32º04'S) to Port Hacking NSW (34º05'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific (southern PNG, Indonesia)
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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf.
Extra Ecological Information
0-50m
General References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [80, pl.21-17] (as P. endrachtensis)
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. [52, fig.278] (as P. endrachtensis)
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. [113, fig.12, an un-numbered fig.] (as P. endrachtensis)
Grant, E.M. 2004. Grant's guide to fishes. Scarborough, Queensland : E.M. Grant Pty. Ltd. 10th, pp.880. [192, pl.87] (as P. indicus)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [127, fig.205] (as P. endrachtensis)
Imamura, H. 2008. Synonymy of two species of the genus Platycephalus and validity of Platycephalus westraliae (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zoological Research 55: 399-406 [404]
Knapp, L.W. 1999. Family Platycepalidae. pp. 2385-2421 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2408, an un-numbered figure] (as P. endrachtensis)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [468] (as P. endrachtensis and as P. bassensis in part)
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. [940] (as P. endrachtensis and as P. bassensis in part)
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. [112, an un-numbered figure] (as P. endrachtensis)
Taylor, W.R. 1964. Fishes of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4: 44-307 figs 1-68 [287, pl.65] (as P. endrachtensis)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [57] (2239, as Trudis bassensis westraliae Whitley, 1938)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCORPAENIFORMES | 23-Jan-2012 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |