Species Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacépède, 1802)
Brown Sweetlips, Black Sweetlip, Blubber-lip Bream, Brown Blubber-lips, Brown Sweet-lips, Dusky Sweetlips, Hairy Hotlips, Rubber-lip Bream
- Holocentrus gibbosus Lacépède, B.G. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 4 728 pp. 16 pls. [344, 389].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.7825, unknown locality. - Pristipoma nigrum Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 5 499 pp. pls 100-140. [258].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Manila, Philippines.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bauchot, M.-L., Desoutter, M. & McKay, R.J. 1983. Catalogue critique des types de Poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Suite) (Famille des Haemulidae et des Sillaginidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 5(A2): 27-61 [48]
Generic Combinations
- Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacépède, 1802). —
Bauchot, M.-L., Desoutter, M. & McKay, R.J. 1983. Catalogue critique des types de Poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Suite) (Famille des Haemulidae et des Sillaginidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 5(A2): 27-61 [48] - Euelatichthys niger (Cuvier, 1830). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [218] - Pseudopristipoma nigra (Cuvier, 1830). —
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [302] - Plectorhinchus nigrus (Cuvier, 1830). —
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [196]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ningaloo Reef, WA (22°00'S) to Flinders Island, TAS (39°51'S), also Christmas Island and Norfolk Island; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Norfolk Island Province (21), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [161]
- Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6 [48]
- Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270 [263]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [320]
- Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [360]
- Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [61] (as Plectorhinchus nigrus)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, estuary, inshore, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 25 m.
General References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [302] (as Pseudopristipoma nigra)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [196] (as Plectorhinchus nigrus)
McKay, R.J. 2001. Haemulidae. pp. 2961-2989 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. [2974]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [45] (1184, as as Euelatichthys niger)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1979. The Fishes of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Aust. Natl. Parks Wldlf. Ser. Spec. Publ. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 81 pp. 15 pls. [172] (Dusky Sweetlips)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [302] (Blubber-lip Bream, Rubber-lip Bream)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [200] (Brown Blubber-lips)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [196] (Brown Sweet-lips)
McKay, R.J. 2001. Haemulidae. pp. 2961-2989 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. [2974] (FAO) (Hairy Hotlips)
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. [193] (Brown Sweetlips)
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. [216] (Black Sweetlip)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Brown Sweetlips)
History of changes
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| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |