Species Pseudaphritis urvillii (Valenciennes, 1832)
Congolli, Freshwater Flathead, Marble Fish, Sand Trout, Sanding, Sanding, Sandy, Sandy Whiting, Tupong
- Aphritis urvillii Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1832. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 8 509 pp. pls 209-245. [484, pl. 243].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP A.3180 3 specimens, TAS. - Eleginus bursinus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 5 499 pp. pls 100-140. [161] [Hoese, D.F. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1–670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671–1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473–2178., the name urvillii is used here in preference to the senior synonym, bursinus, following common usage].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 8528, Port Jackson, NSW
Comment: type locality outside of known distribution and possibly in error. - Pseudaphritis bassii Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [92] [original as bassü on p. 92 and bassii on p. 240; The spelling bassü is regarded as a printing error].
Type data:
Holotype AM B.9206 ((unique?)), Bass Strait. - Aphritis dumerili Günther, A. 1874. Pisces. pp. 82-101 in Newton, A. (ed.). In, The Zoological Record for 1872. Vol. 9 of the Record of the Zoological Literature. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 9 495 pp. [91] [nom. nov. for Pseudaphritis bassi Castelnau, 1872].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [337]
- Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [728]
Generic Combinations
- Pseudaphritis urvillii (Valenciennes, 1832). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [336]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Pseudaphritis urvilli [misspelling of the synonym Pseudaphritis urvillii].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Bega, NSW (36°40'S) to Cape Finnis, SA (134°50'E) and throughout coastal TAS; temperate, probably more than one species in the range.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, estuary, freshwater, inshore, sand bottom marine.
Extra Ecological Information
0-4m.
General References
Balushkin, A.V. 2000. Morphology, classification, and evolution of notothenioid fishes of the Southern Ocean (Notothenioidei, Perciformes). Journal of Ichthyology 40(Supplement 1): 74-109 [S96]
Chilcott, S. J. & Humphries, P. 1996. Freshwater fish of northeast Tasmania with notes on the dwarf galaxias. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 103: 145-149 [145]
Hammer, M.P. & Walker, K.F. 2004. A catalogue of South Australian freshwater fishes, including new records, range extensions and translocations. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 128(2): 85-97 [89]
Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Bovichtidae. pp. 1476-1478 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. [1477]
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [336]
McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [198]
Raadik, T.A. 2008. Family Pseudaphritidae. pp. 669-670 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [670]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [53] (1847)
Common Name References
Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [132] (Sandy Whiting)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [728] (Marble Fish, Sand Trout, Sanding)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [426] (Congolli, Freshwater Flathead, Sandy, Tupong)
Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp. [442] (Sanding)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Congolli)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2012 | NOTOTHENIOIDEI | 14-Jun-2012 | MOVED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 22-Jun-2015 | 03-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED |