Species Cypho purpurascens (De Vis, 1884)

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• Nesiotes purpurascens De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 453-462 [453].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM I.1351 (FMNH 17340 designated as neotype by Grey, M. 1947. Catalogue of type specimens of fishes in Chicago Natural History Museum. Fieldiana Zoology 32(3): 109–205, but that designation is invalid, see Gill, A.C. 2004. Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Smithiana, Publication in Aquatic Biodiversity, Monographs 1: 1-213 [20]), South Seas.
• Pseudochromis mccullochi Myers, G.S. 1932. A new name for a Melanesian pseudochromid fish confused with Nesiotes purpurescens De Vis. Copeia 1932(1): 30 [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IA.798, Ringdove Bay, Vanuatu (as New Hebrides).
• Pseudochromis mccullochi perpulcher Whitley, G.P. 1959. Ichthyological snippets. The Australian Zoologist 12(4): 310-323 figs 1-3 [313].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IB.3996 (missing), Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gill, A.C. 2004. Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Smithiana, Publication in Aquatic Biodiversity, Monographs 1: 1-213 [17]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cypho purpurascens (De Vis, 1884). —
  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. [124]
• Pseudochromis purpurascens (De Vis, 1884). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1926. Report on some fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part 5. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 5(4): 157-216 figs 1-5 pls 43-56 [188]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Boot Reef (10°3' S, 144°42' E) to Capricorn Group (23º30´S) and offshore reefs and islands QLD, Elizabeth Reef, NSW; tropical, west-central Pacific (east to Tonga).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

1-38 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [96]

Gill, A.C. 1999. Family Pseudochromidae. pp. 2557-2577 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2570]

Gill, A.C. 2004. Revision of the Indo-Pacific dottyback fish subfamily Pseudochrominae (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Smithiana, Publication in Aquatic Biodiversity, Monographs 1: 1-213 [17-20]

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [124]

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. [186]

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. [124]

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. [124]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (869, as Pseudochromis mccullochi perpulcher)

 

Common Name References

Gill, A.C. 1999. Family Pseudochromidae. pp. 2557-2577 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2570] (FAO) (Obliquelined Dottyback)

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [124] (Lavender Dottyback)

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. [124] (Oblique-lined Dottyback)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Nov-2012		26-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)