Species Psenopsis humerosa Munro, 1958
Blackspot Butterfish, Black-spot Butterfish, North-west Ruffe, Northwest Ruffe
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 humerosa Munro, I.S.R. 1958. Handbook of Australian Fishes. No. 29. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 17(11): 117-120 [Date published 11/Nov/1958] [118].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO C2637, Dampier Archipelago, WA.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Psenopsis anomala (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) [misidentification]. —
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. [261, 355] (regarded Psenopsis humerosa as a junior synonym)
Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84 [84]
Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Families Centrolophidae and Nomeidae. pp. 1787-1797 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1789]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northwest Shelf, WA (18°32'S) to Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (141º25'E), and off Bass Point, NSW (34º36'S); tropical, New Guinea.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)
Distribution References
- Hutchins, J.B. 2003. Checklist of marine fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. pp. 453-478 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., & Jones, D.S. (eds). Proceedings of the Eleventh International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [476]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope.
General References
McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 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. [3768]
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 [41]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (693)
Common Name References
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. [148] (North-west Ruffe)
McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 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. [3768] (Blackspot Butterfish)
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] [118] (Northwest Ruffe)
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. [278] (Black-spot Butterfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Blackspot Butterfish)
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) |