Species Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson, 1845
Redbait, Pearl Fish, Picarel, Red Baitfish, Red Herring, Redbait Fish, Southern Rover
- Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson, J. 1845. Ichthyology. 17-52 pls 7-8 (parts), 11-30 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 139 pp. pls 1-60. [for publication date see Hureau, J.C. & Monod, Th. (eds) 1973. Checklist of the Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. CLOFNAM 1. Paris : UNESCO 331 pp. [127]] [47].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1844.10.29.12 skin, Western Australia; BMNH 1846.8.11.7 skin, Western Australia.
Introduction
Heemstra & Randall (1977) recognised two subspecies Emmelichthys nitidus nitidus from the eastern Atlantic to east of New Zealand and Emmelichthys nitidus cyanescens (Guichenot, 1848) from the Eastern Pacific.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Sydney, NSW (33°53'S) to southern WA (127°20'E), and east and west coasts of TAS; temperate, southern circumglobal.
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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 200 m in Australia, 86-500 m elsewhere.
General References
Andrew, T.G., Hecht, T., Heemstra, P.C. & Lutjeharms, J.R.E. 1995. Fishes of the Tristan da Cunha group and Gough Island, south Atlantic Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 63: 1-43 figs 1-34 pls 1-2 [21]
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Emmelichthyidae, Gerreidae, Sparidae, Sciaenidae, Mullidae. pp. 585-592 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [585]
Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1977. A revision of the Emmelichthyidae (Pisces : Perciformes). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 361-396 figs 1-5
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Emmelichthyidae. pp. 595-597, figs 527-528 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [597]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [201]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] (1088)
Common Name References
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. [596] (Redbait)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [366] (Pearl Fish, Redbait Fish)
May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [308] (Red Baitfish, Southern Rover)
Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp. [159] (Picarel, Red Herring)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Redbait)
History of changes
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| 19-Nov-2012 | 19-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |