Species Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, 1988
Deepsea Bigeye, Whitefin Bigeye
- Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, W.C. 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 43(2): 117-203 [164, fig. 3e, pl. 1h].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 263760, Sumatra, Indonesia [0°25´S, 98°40´E].
Paratype(s) AM I.26843-001; BMNH 1987.6.1:5; BPBM 31881; CAS 60361; MNHP 1987-0936; USNM 183207; WAM P.25394-003; WAM P.25399-012; WAM P.26291-007.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Priacanthus species 2. —
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. [142-143]
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. [146-147]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northwest Shelf, WA, from off Browse Island (13º45'S) to north-west of Carnarvon (23º25'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
150–400 m.
General References
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. [142-143] (as Priacanthus species 2)
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. [146-147] (as Priacanthus species 2)
Starnes, W.C. 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 43(2): 117-203 [164-166]
Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 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. [2600]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [100] (Deepsea Bigeye)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Deepsea Bigeye)
Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 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. [2600] (FAO) (Whitefin Bigeye)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Nov-2012 | 15-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |