Genus Cyttus Günther, 1860

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External Links

• Cyttus Günther, A. 1860. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. London : British Museum Vol. 2 548 pp. [396].

  Type species:

   Capros australis Richardson, 1843 by subsequent designation, see Gill, T.N. 1862. On the limits and arrangement of the family of scombroids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 14(3): 124-127 [126]; Nolan, E.J. 1913. An Index to the Scientific Contents of the Journal and Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1812–1912. Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences 1433 pp. [xiii].
• Rhombocyttus Gill, T.N. 1893. A comparison of antipodal faunas. Memoirs of the National Academy of Science Washington 6(5): 91-124 [115, 123].

  Type species:

   Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872 by monotypy.
• Cyttoides Smith, J.L.B. 1947. New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 13(77): 793-821 [795].

  Type species:

   Cyttoides jacksoni Smith, 1947 by original designation.
• Cyttoidops Smith, J.L.B. 1949. The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa : Central News Agency, Ltd. 550 pp. 103 pls (102 col.) 519 figs. [143] [replacement name; a replacement for Cyttoides Smith 1947, preoccupied by Cyttoides Wettstein, 1886 in fossil fishes, but not stated as such by Smith].

  Type species:

   Cyttoides jacksoni Smith, 1947 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East Atlantic-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), 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), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

General References

Bray, D.J. 1994. Families Zeidae, Oreosomatidae. pp. 416-427 figs 373-381 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.

Bray, D.J. 2008. Family Cyttidae. pp. 435-438 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.

Heemstra, P.C. 1980. A revision of the zeid fishes (Zeiformes : Zeidae) of South Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 41: 1-18 figs 1-5 pls 1-2

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.

Nolf, D. & Tyler, J.C. 2006. Otolith evidence concerning interrelationships of caproid, zeiform and tetraodontiform fishes. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 76: 1471-1480 [148, 163]

Tyler, J.C., O'Toole, B. & Winterbottom, R.W. 2003. Phylogeny of the genera and families of zeiform fishes, with comments on their relationships with tetraodontiforms and caproids. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 618: 1-110 [15]

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2013		06-May-2013	MODIFIED
20-May-2011		20-May-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED