Genus Psenopsis Gill, 1862
Compiler and date details
24 September 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray
- Psenopsis Gill, T.N. 1862. On the limits and arrangement of the family of scombroids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 14(3): 124-127 [127].
Type species:
Trachinotus anomalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 by monotypy.
Introduction
The genus is in need of revision. It is likely that some material from Australia is misidentified, and that an additional two species of uncertain identity are known to occur here.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
CENTROLOPHIDAE: Psenopsis anomala (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) — 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 [S41] (Australian records based on misidentified Psenopsis humerosa)
CENTROLOPHIDAE: Trachinotus anomalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 [original combination; see Psenopsis anomala (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)] — Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1844. Pisces. pp. 73-112 pls 37-59, 60 (in part) in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(5–6). [107, pl. 57(20)] (based on a Burger drawing and manuscript; type data: status unknown, whereabouts unknown, seas of Japan; Boeseman (1947) [98] indicates that no types are known. Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
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
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2013 | STROMATEOIDEI | 08-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |