Species Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775)

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• Sparus sarba Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [31].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC P.50553 skin, Jidda (as Djiddae), Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMUC P50554 skin.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Klausewitz, W. & Nielsen, J.G. 1965. On Forsskål's collection of fishes in the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis 22: 1-29 figs 1-3 pls 1-38 [16].
• Sargus auriventris Peters, W.C.H. 1855. Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855: 428-466 [435] [also appeared in Peters, W. 1855. Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachten Fische. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 1: 234–282 [243]].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Mozambique.
• Roughleyia tarwhine Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [319].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.15267, Bachelor, Macleay River, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Munro, I.S.R. 1949. Revision of Australian silver breams, Mylio and Rhabdosargus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12(4): 182-223 figs 1-5 pls 16-23 [212]
• Tanaka, F. & Iwatsuki, Y. 2013. Rhabdosargus niger (Perciformes: Sparidae), a new sparid species from Indonesia, with taxonomic status of the nominal species synonymized under Rhabdosargus sarba. Ichthyological Research 60: 343-352 [350]

 

Generic Combinations

• Austrosparus sarba (Forsskål, 1775). —
  Smith, J.L.B. 1938. The South African fishes of the families Sparidae and Denticidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 26(3): 225-305 [245]
• Chrysophrys sarba (Forsskål, 1775). —
  Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 6 559 pp. pls 141-169. [75, 102]
• Pagrus sarba (Forsskål, 1775). —
  Ogilby, J.D. 1893. Edible Fishes and Crustaceans of New South Wales. Sydney : Government Printer 212 pp. 51 pls. [50]
• Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775). —
  Munro, I.S.R. 1949. Revision of Australian silver breams, Mylio and Rhabdosargus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12(4): 182-223 figs 1-5 pls 16-23 [207-213]
• Rhabdosargus sarba tarwhine (Whitley, 1931). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1255)

 

Introduction

The genus was recently revised by Tanaka & Iwatsuki (2013) recognising 6 species. Currently ony a single species is known from Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Bremer Bay (119º26'E) to Exmouth Gulf (22º18), WA, and Townsville, QLD (19º16'S) to Mallacoota, VIC (37º30'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, estuary, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 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. [3003]

Edgar, G.J. 2008. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland 2nd edn, 624 pp. [515]

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [328]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [62, 131]

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [38, 80]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [193]

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [207]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [231] (as Sparus sarba)

Munro, I.S.R. 1949. Revision of Australian silver breams, Mylio and Rhabdosargus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12(4): 182-223 figs 1-5 pls 16-23

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1255, as Rhabdosargus sarba tarwhine)

 

Common Name References

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 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. [3003] (FAO) (Goldlined Seabream)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [193] (Australian Marketing Name) (Tarwhine)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [74] (Silver Bream)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Dec-2014	SPARIDAE	20-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-Dec-2012		01-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED