Species Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, 1955

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• Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, J.L.B. 1955. The fishes of Aldabra. Part 2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 8(93): 689-697 pl 18 [690, pl. 18(a)].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAIAB 346, Aldabra Island.
  Paratype(s) SAIAB 779-784; SAIAB 1081.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pseudamia polystigma (Bleeker, 1859) [misidentification]. —
  Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [52]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Monte Bello Islands (20º26´S), Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, WA; Ashmore and Cartier Islands; Tijou Reef (13º05´S) QLD, to Sydney (33º51´S) NSW; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, nocturnal.

 

General References

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

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [409]

Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203 [203]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [212]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [153]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [153]

Randall, J.E., Lachner, E.A. & Fraser, T.H. 1985. A revision of the Indo-Pacific apogonid fish genus Pseudamia, with descriptions of three new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 6: 1-23 pl. 1 [9]

 

Common Name References

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [153] (Gelatinous Cardinalfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Gelatinous Cardinalfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-Jan-2014	APOGONIDAE	23-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
12-Dec-2012		12-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED