Species Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, 1833
Freckled Driftfish, Blue Eyebrow-fish
Compiler and date details
25 September 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray and Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray
- Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1833. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 9 512 pp. pls 246-279. [260, pl. 265].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.6852, New Ireland. - Psenes leucurus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1833. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 9 512 pp. pls 246-279. [265].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP A.2334, Port Jackson, NSW; MNHP A.6711, Port Jackson, NSW; MNHP A.6712, Port Jackson, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [123] (an earlier synonymy may exist to determine first reviser as several species now regarded as syonyms were described in the same publication)
- Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes; systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(2): 31-139 figs 1-56 [88]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Rowley Shoals, WA (17°35'S), Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°15'S) and off Carter Reef, QLD (14°33'S) to off Stockton Beach, NSW (32°55'S), also east of Osprey Reef, Coral Sea (13°50'S); tropical, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. pp. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106 [101]
- Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105 [104]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Juveniles often in near shore surface waters, adults probably benthopelagic.
General References
Last, P.R. 2001. Nomeidae, Ariommatidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 3771-3785 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3779]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [123]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [120] (790)
Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [53]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (697)
Common Name References
Last, P.R. 2001. Nomeidae, Ariommatidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 3771-3785 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3779, FAO] (Freckled Driftfish)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [120] (Blue Eyebrow-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Freckled Driftfish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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08-Oct-2013 | STROMATEOIDEI | 08-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |