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Species Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903)

Jack Dempsey, Jack Dempsey Cichlid

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Angourie (in a disused quarry), NSW (29°29'S, 153°22'E) and recorded from cooling ponds of Hazelwood power station, VIC (38°18'S, 146°23'E), but current status of VIC population uncertain; tropical, Mexico to Central America.

Introduced from Central America.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Lentic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Population in Victoria survives in ponds heated by discharge from Hazelwood power station.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [215] (as Cichlasoma octofasciatum)

Allen, G.R., Allen, C.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Cichlidae. pp. 1435-1438 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1437] (as Cichlasoma octofasciatum)

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [369] (as Cichlasoma octofasciatum)

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. (as Cichlasoma octofasciatum)

Corfield, J., Diggles, B., Jubb, C., McDowall, R.M., Moore, A., Richards, A. & Rowe, D.K. 2008. Review of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 277 pp. [27, 78] (as Cichlasoma octofasciatum)

Koehn, J.D. & MacKenzie, R.F. 2004. Priority management actions for alien freshwater fish species in Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38(3): 457-472 [460] (as Cichlasoma octofasciatum)

Lintermans, M. 2004. Human-assisted dispersal of alien freshwater fish in Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38(3): 481-501 [483] (as Cichlasoma octofasciatum)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [348] (as Cichlasoma octofasciatum )

Schmitter-Soto, J. J. 2007. A systematic revision of the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae), with the description of two new genera and six new species. Zootaxa 1603: 1-76 [Date published 28 Sept.] [57]

Schmitter-Soto, J. J. 2007. Phylogeny of species formerly assigned to the genus Archocentrus (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Zootaxa 1618: 1-50 [Date published 19 Oct.] [43]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
26-Aug-2015 LABROIDEI 07-Feb-2012 MOVED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED