Species Plectorhinchus pica (Cuvier, 1828)
Dotted Sweetlips, Magpie Sweetlips, Painted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips
- Diagramma pica Cuvier, G.L. in Guérin-Méneville, F.-E (ed) 1828. Planches de Seba, Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, accompagnées d'un texte explicatif mis au courant de la science et rédigé par unde réunion de Savans. Paris : F.-G. Levrault Vol. 3 fish plates 22-34. [reprinting of Seba, 1759, with binomial Latin names provided by Cuvier] [unpaginated, pl. 26 (no. 32)] [the name is a Latin noun and named after the magpie, rather than an adjective as often treated; usually attributed Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 5 499 pp. pls 100-140 [297], the name appeared earlier in combination with a figure complying with Article 12.2.7 of the Internation Code of Zoological Nomenclature].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Tahiti. - Diagramma pica Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 5 499 pp. pls 100-140. [297].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 6465 (described from one specimen, but figure of Seba mentioned of fish from Tahiti and specimen could be considered as a syntype), Indian Ocean. - Diagramma punctatissimum Playfair, R.L. 1868. The fishes of Seychelles. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1867(3): 846-872 [851, pl. 40].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1867.8.16.42, Seychelles.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [2979]
Generic Combinations
- Plectorhinchus pica (Cuvier, 1830). —
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. [194] (changed combination cited, as P. picus) - Plectorhinchus punctatissimus (Playfair, 1868). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [45] (1180)
Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [403]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Plectorhinchus picus Cuvier, 1830 [misspelling of species name in common useage]. —
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [190]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Townsville, QLD (19°S) to Jervis Bay, NSW (35°05'S), also Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, Middleton Reef and Lord Howe Island; tropical, temperate, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
- Choat, J.H., van Herwerden, L., Robbins, W.D., Hobbs, J.P. & Ayling, A.M. 2006. A report on the ecological surveys undertaken at Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, February 2006. Report by James Cook University to the Department of the Environment and Heritage. 65 pp. [54]
- 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] (Lord Howe Island)
- Gill, A.C. & Reader, S.E. 1992. Fishes. pp. 90-93, 193-228 in Hutchings, P. (ed.). Reef Biology. A Survey of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, South Pacific. Canberra : Australian National Parks Vol. 3, Kowari 230 pp.
- 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]
- 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]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, marine, rock reef.
General References
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. [2979]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [45] (1180, as Plectorhinchus punctatissimus)
Common Name References
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [190] (Magpie Sweetlips)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [196] (Painted Sweetlips)
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. [2978] (FAO) (Spotted Sweetlips)
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. [194] (Dotted Sweetlips)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Dotted Sweetlips)
History of changes
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