Genus Gadopsis Richardson, 1848

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External Links

• Gadopsis Richardson, J. 1848. Ichthyology. 75-139 pls 42-43 & 44 (parts), 45-52, 53 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 : Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. 2 139 pp. [122].

  Type species:

   Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, 1848 by monotypy.

 

Introduction

Currently only two species are recognised, but genetic work by Miller et al. (2004) indicates a third species from southern Victoria and Tasmania. Recent genetic studies (Hammer et al. 2014, Unmack et al. 2017, Campbell et al. 2024) have also indicated that multiple species probably exist in the genus. Currently these taxa remain undescribed.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls.

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp.

Campbell, M.A., Hammer, M.P., Adams, M., Raadik, T.A. & Unmack, P.J. 2024. Evolutionary relationships and fine-scale geographic structuring in the temperate percichthyid genus Gadopsis (blackfishes) to support fisheries and conservation management. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 199(108159): 1-13

Hammer, M.P., Unmack, P.J., Adams, M., Raadik, T.A. & Johnson, J.B 2014. A multigene molecular assessment of cryptic biodiversity in the iconic freshwater blackfishes (Teleostei: Percichthyidae: Gadopsis) of south-eastern Australia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111(3): 521–540

Jackson, P.D., Koehn, J.D., Lintermans, M. & Sanger, A.C. 1996. Family Gadopsidae. pp. 186-190 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [186]

Lintermans, M. 2009. Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin — An Introductory Guide. Canberra : Murray-Darling Basin Commission 157 pp. [MDBC Publication Number 10/07] [90]

Miller, A.D., Waggy, G., Ryan, S.G. & Austin, C.M. 2004. Mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences support the existence of a third species of freshwater blackfish (Percicthyidae: Gadopsis) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61(2): 121–127

Unmack, P.J., Sandoval-Castillo, J., Hammer, M.P., Adams, M, Raadik, T.A. & Beheregaray, L.B. 2017. Genome-wide SNPs resolve a key conflict between sequence and allozyme data to confirm another threatened candidate species of river blackfishes (Teleostei: Percichthyidae: Gadopsis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 415-420

Waite, E.R. 1921. Illustrated catalogue of the fishes of South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2(1): 1-208 293 figs pl. 1 [138, fig. 215]

 

Common Name References

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [269] (River Blackfishes)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jul-2023	PERCICHTHYIDAE	22-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	PERCICHTHYIDAE	09-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
21-Nov-2012		21-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED