Species Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988

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• Priacanthus sagittarius 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 [178, figs 3, 5, 8, 12, 18, pl. 3e-g].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 285042, south coast of Sumatra, Indonesia [6°13´00"S, 104°38´45"E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 77349; AM I.26840-001; ANSP 151675-77; ANSP 159039; BMNH 1987.6.1:1-3; BPBM 19473; BPBM 31882; CAS 54998; CAS 60360; CSIRO CA.1286; CSIRO CA.1498; FMNH 97122; FRLM 2469; HUJ 11152; LACM 44286-1; MNHP 4095; MNHP 1987-933; NTM S.10996-005; NTM S.11021-001; QM I.22744; RMNH 30584; NSMT P.29838; USNM 236936; USNM 263757; USNM 283767-69; USNM 285043; USNM 285045; WAM P.29373.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Priacanthus sp. 1. —
  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. [327]
  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]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest of Roevuck Bay, WA and Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (12º17'S 123º05'E), Timor Sea, to northwest of Darwin; tropical, Indo-west Pacific (east to Samoa).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, coral reef, marine, rock bottom–marine.

Extra Ecological Information

10–100 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [100]

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 [178-180]

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] (Robust Bigeye)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Arrowfin 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] (Arrowfin Bigeye)

 

History of changes

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