Species Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830)
Barred Javelin, Grunter, Grunter Bream, Javelin Grunt, Queensland Trumpeter, Spotted Grunter-bream, Spotted Javelin-fish, Spotted Javelinfish, Trumpeter, Yellow-finned Javelin Fish, Yellow-finned Javelin-fish
- Pristipoma kaakan Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 5 499 pp. pls 100-140. [244].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 7687, Pondicherry, India; MNHP A.7185, Pondicherry, India; MNHP 7685, Pondicherry, India; ZMB 8721 skin, Arian Coupang River, Pondicherry or Mahé, India; MNHP 74, Malabar, India; MNHP 7688, Mahé, India; MNHP 2892, Mahé, India.
Generic Combinations
- Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830). —
McKay, R.J. 1984. Classification of the grunters and javelin-fishes of Australia. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 43(10): 37-40 6 figs [37-38]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Pomadasys hasta Bloch, 1790. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [219] (a misidentification)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [194] (a misidentification)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [45] (1185, a misidentification) - Pomadasys nageb (Rüppell, 1838). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [220] (a misidentification)
Introduction
This species has been misidentified as Pomadasys hasta and Pomadasys nageb throughout the Indo-West Pacific and Australia (both are junior synonyms of Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål, 1775)) (see McKay 1984).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Shark Bay, WA (25°30'S) to Clarence River, NSW (29°30'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- 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]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, estuary, inshore, marine, mud bottom-marine, silt bottom-marine.
General References
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [198]
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [194] (as P. hasta)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [219] (as Plectorhinchus hasta and p. 220, as P. nageb)
McKay, R.J. 1984. Classification of the grunters and javelin-fishes of Australia. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 43(10): 37-40 6 figs
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. [2987]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [45] (1185, as P. hasta)
Common Name References
Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [184] (Yellow-finned Javelin Fish)
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. [82] (Spotted Javelinfish)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [198] (Spotted Grunter-bream)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [194] (Grunter, Grunter Bream, Queensland Trumpeter, Spotted Javelin-fish, Trumpeter)
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. [2987] (FAO) (Javelin Grunt)
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. [218] (Yellow-finned Javelin-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Barred Javelin)
History of changes
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| 18-Dec-2012 | 18-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |