Species Pterocaesio lativittata Carpenter, 1987

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Regional Maps

• Pterocaesio lativittata Carpenter, K.E. 1987. Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 15: 1-56 figs 1-10, pls 1-7 [40, pl. 4 (fig. B)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 156884, Turk Reef, Cocos-Keeling Islands.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 148227; BPBM 30818; ROM 42420-21; USNM 231427; USNM 231431.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands; tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific (Chagos and Maldives to northern New Guinea and east to Line Islands)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, schooling.

Extra Ecological Information

10-50 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [130]

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [116]

Carpenter, K.E. 1987. Revision of the Indo-Pacific fish family Caesionidae (Lutjanoidea), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 15: 1-56 figs 1-10, pls 1-7 [40-42]

Carpenter, K.E. 1988. FAO Species Catalogue. Fusilier fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of caesionid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 8. Rome : FAO 75 pp. [55]

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. [260] (central Pacific)

 

Common Name References

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Caesionidae. pp. 2919-2941 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [2935] (Wideband Fusilier)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		05-Jul-2011	ADDED