Introduction

This suborder includes six families of marine species commonly found on the continental shelf or slope (Nelson 2006); five families are represented in Australian waters. Little work has been done on relationships, but Haedrich (1967) presented a classification, Johnson & Fritzsche (1989) discussed possible relationships and Doiuchi et al. (2003) presented a cladistic analysis of the group, questioning monophyly of some families. However Doiuchi & Nakabo (2006) subsequently found molecular and morphological support for monophyly of existing families. Miya et al. (2013) considered the group paraphyletic and included it in a larger group of pelagic species, the Pelagia, which includes the Scombroidei, some Percoidei families, some Trachinoidei families and the Scombrolabracidae.

General References

Doiuchi, R., Sato, T. & Nakabo, T. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of the stromateoid fishes (Perciformes). Ichthyological Research 51(3): 202-212

Doiuchi, R. & Nakabo, T. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of the stromateoid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences and compared with morphology-based hypotheses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(1): 111-123

Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes; systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(2): 31-139 figs 1-56

Johnson, G.D. & Fritzsche, R.A. 1989. Graus nigra, an omnivorous girellid, with comparative osteology and comments on relationships of the Girellidae (Pisces: Perciformes). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 141: 1-27

Miya, M., Friedman, M., Satoh, T.P., Takeshima, H., Sado, T., Iwasaki, W., Yamanoue. Y., Nakatani. M., Mabuchi, K., Inoue, J.G., Poulsen, J.Y., Fukunaga, T., Sato, Y. & Nishida, M. 2013. Evolutionary origin of the Scombridae (Tunas and Mackerels): members of a Paleogene adaptive radiation with 14 other pelagic fish families. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 8(9): 1-19

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

History of changes

Introduction

The family Amarsipidae comprises a single genus and species, Amarsipus carlsbergi (Nelson 1994; Last 2001; Parin & Piotrovsky 2004), found in the tropical regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Haedrich 1969). Most records of this poorly known family are based on juveniles.

General References

Haedrich, R.L. 1969. A new family of stromateoid fishes from the equatorial Indo-Pacific. Dana Reports 76: 1-14 figs 1-10

Last, P.R. 2001. Amarsipidae. pp. 3765-3766 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp.

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

Common Name References

Last, P.R. 2001. Amarsipidae. pp. 3765-3766 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3765] (Amarsipa)

History of changes

• Amarsipus Haedrich, R.L. 1969. A new family of stromateoid fishes from the equatorial Indo-Pacific. Dana Reports 76: 1-14 figs 1-10 [8].

  Type species:

   Amarsipus carlsbergi Haedrich, 1969 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

History of changes

• Amarsipus carlsbergi Haedrich, R.L. 1969. A new family of stromateoid fishes from the equatorial Indo-Pacific. Dana Reports 76: 1-14 figs 1-10 [8, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC P.69963, 360 kilometers east of Mombasa, Kenya [4°21'S, 42°56'E].
  Paratype(s) MCZ 46370; MCZ 46680; SIO 60-235, SIO 64-173; CAS(SU); WHOI; ZMUC P.69964-69999.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East of Carter Reef, QLD (14°34'S) and the Coral Sea, off Myrmidon Reef, QLD (18°08'S); tropical, Indo-Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Epipelagic, oceanic province, pelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

30 m to at least 130 m.

General References

Konovalenko, I.I. & Piotrovskiy, A.S. 1989. First description of a sexually mature Amarsipa, Amarsipus carlsbergi. Journal of Ichthyology 28(5): 86-89 [86]

Last, P.R. 2001. Amarsipidae. pp. 3765-3766 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3765]

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [537]

Common Name References

Last, P.R. 2001. Amarsipidae. pp. 3765-3766 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3765] (Amarsipa)

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

History of changes

Introduction

Members of the Centrolophidae are found throughout the world in tropical and temperate marine environments. Currently, seven genera and about 28 species are recognised (Nelson 2006), with all genera and 14 species recorded from Australia.

Centrolophids are pelagic in oceanic environments, some being associated with seamounts. Some species undergo considerable morphological change with growth. Many species are important commercial fishes in Australia, particularly the blue-eye trevalla, Hyperoglyphe antarctica. Centrolophids reach a large size, with the maximum size exceeding 1.4 m.

The family has not been studied thoroughly in Australia and is in need of revision. A number of Australian species are discussed in McDowall (1979, 1982, 1994, 2001) and Haedrich (1967). McDowall (1994) also provided a key to genera. Bolch et al. (1994) studied relationships of Australian genera and species based on genetic work and suggested that Psenopsis was polyphyletic. Doiuchi et al. (2003) presented evidence showing that Psenopsis does not belong with this group, but Nelson (2006) retained Psenopsis in Centrolophidae.

General References

Bolch, C.J.S., Ward, R.D. & Last, P.R. 1994. Biochemical systematics of the marine fish family Centrolophidae (Teleostei:Stromateoidei) from Australian waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45(7): 1157-1172

Doiuchi, R., Sato, T. & Nakabo, T. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of the stromateoid fishes (Perciformes). Ichthyological Research 51(3): 202-212

Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes; systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(2): 31-139 figs 1-56

McDowall, R.M. 1979. The centrolophid genus Tubbia :(Pisces : Stromateoidei). Copeia 1979(4): 733-738 figs 1-4

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Centrolophidae. pp. 832-838, figs 736-741 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.

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.

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 [fig. 130]

Common Name References

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3767] (Barrelfishes, Medusafishes)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [278] (Butterfishes)

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [842] (Ruffs)

History of changes

• Centrolophus Lacépède, B.G. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 4 728 pp. 16 pls. [441].

  Type species:

   Centrolophus niger Lacépède, 1802 (=Perca nigra Gmelin, 1789) by monotypy.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Probably circumglobal (North and south Atlantic, Mediterranean, South Africa and New Zealand).

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

History of changes

• Perca nigra Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Pisces. pp. 1126-1516 in Linnaeus, C. (ed.). Systema Naturae. Leiden : Delamollière Vol. 1 Pt 3. [1321].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Rivers of Cornwall, England.
• Centrolophus maoricus Ogilby, J.D. 1893. Description of a new pelagic fish from New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 2(5): 64-65 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.2969, New Zealand.
• Centrolophus niger Lacépède, B.G. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 4 728 pp. 16 pls. [441, 442, pl. 10] [secondarily preoccupied in Centrolophus by Perca nigra Gmelin, 1789].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A-5325, Fecamp, France.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [121]

Generic Combinations

• Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789). —
  Lacépède, B.G. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 4 728 pp. 16 pls. [441] (changed combination as type of genus Centrolophus)

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

On continental slope from off Sydney (33°28'S), NSW to Northwest Shelf (18°42'S), WA, although rarely taken along the south and west coasts, also Taupo Seamount, Tasman Sea (33°15'S, 156°12'E), and Lord Howe Island; temperate, discontinuous, (North and south Atlantic, Mediterranean, South Africa and New Zealand).

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope.

General References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [796]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [466]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [122] (as Centrolophus maoricus)

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Centrolophidae. pp. 832-838, figs 736-741 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. [833]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [118] (778, as C. maoricus)

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [37]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (690, as C. maoricus)

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. [833] (Rudder Fish)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [254] (Rudderfish)

History of changes

• Hyperoglyphe Günther, A. 1859. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 524 pp. [337].

  Type species:

   Diagramma porosa Richardson, 1845 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

History of changes

• Perca antarctica Carmichael, D. 1818. Description of four species of fish found on the coast of Tristan da Cunha. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12(29): 500-513 pls 24-27 [501].

  Type data:

   Holotype (eaten by ship's crew), Tristan da Cunha.
• Diagramma porosa 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]] [26, pl. 16(5-6)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1855.9.19:2, NSW (as Coasts of Australia).
• Eurumetopos johnstonii Morton, A. 1888. Description of two new fishes. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1887: 77-78 fig. 1 [77, 1 pl.].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, near Bridgwater, TAS.
• Seriolella amplus Griffin, L.T. 1928. Studies in New Zealand fishes. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59: 374-388 figs 1-10 [376].

  Type data:

   Holotype AIM AF.257, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
  Paratype(s) AIM AF.258.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [106]

Generic Combinations

• Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1818). —
  Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes; systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(2): 31-139 figs 1-56 [58]
• Hyperoglyphe johnstonii (Morton, 1888). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1914. Report on some fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part 2. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 2(3): 77-165 figs 1-15 pls 13-34 [78]
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [125]
• Hyperoglyphe porosa (Richardson, 1845). —
  Günther, A. 1859. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 524 pp. [337]
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [125]
  Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [119] (783)
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (703)

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

North west of Perth (30°30'S), WA and near Britannia Seamount, QLD (28°18'S) to southwest of Port Lincoln, SA (37°S, 133°E), possibly continuous along southern coast, also Wanganella Bank (31°36'S, 168°25'E), Tasman Sea; temperate, southern circumglobal (South Africa, Tristan de Cunha and New Zealand).

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Province (6), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, rock bottom-marine.

General References

Bolch C.J.S., Elliot, N.G. & Ward R.D. 1993. Enzyme variation in south-eastern Australian samples of the blue-eye or deepsea trevalla, Hyperoglyphe antarctica Carmichael 1818 (Teleostei: Stomateoidei). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44: 687-697

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [796]

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [384]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [468]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [129] (as Hyperoglyphe porosa and Hyperoglyphe johnstonii)

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Centrolophidae. pp. 832-838, figs 736-741 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. [834]

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3767]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [119] (783, as Hyperoglyphe porosa)

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [39]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (703, as Hyperoglyphe porora)

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. [834] (Big-eye Trevalla, Blue-nose, Griffin's Silverfish, Stoney-eye)

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [384] (FAO) (Bluenose Warehou)

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. [375] (Deepsea Trevalla)

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3769] (FAO) (Bluenose)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [119] (Bream Trevalla, Deep-sea Trevalla)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Blue-eye Trevalla)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [252] (Blue-eye Trevalla, Blue-eye, Blue-eye Cod)

Yearsley, G.K. (ed.) 1995. Marketing Names for Fish and Seafood in Australia. Canberra : Department of Primary Industries and Energy 170 pp. [5] (Big Eye, Blue Eye, Deep Sea Trevalla, Sea Trevally, Trevalla)

History of changes

• Psenopsis 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 [127].

  Type species:

   Trachinotus anomalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 by monotypy.

Introduction

The genus is in need of revision. It is likely that some material from Australia is misidentified, and that an additional two species of uncertain identity are known to occur here.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CENTROLOPHIDAE: Psenopsis anomala (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) — Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [S41] (Australian records based on misidentified Psenopsis humerosa)

CENTROLOPHIDAE: Trachinotus anomalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 [original combination; see Psenopsis anomala (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)] — Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1844. Pisces. pp. 73-112 pls 37-59, 60 (in part) in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(5–6). [107, pl. 57(20)] (based on a Burger drawing and manuscript; type data: status unknown, whereabouts unknown, seas of Japan; Boeseman (1947) [98] indicates that no types are known. Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

History of changes

• Psenopsis humerosa Munro, I.S.R. 1958. Handbook of Australian Fishes. No. 29. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 17(11): 117-120 [Date published 11/Nov/1958] [118].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO C2637, Dampier Archipelago, WA.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Trachinotus anomalus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 [misidentification]. —
  Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [261, 355] (as Psenopsis anomala)
• Psenopsis anomala (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) [misidentification]. —
  Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [261, 355] (regarded Psenopsis humerosa as a junior synonym)
  Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84 [84]
  Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Families Centrolophidae and Nomeidae. pp. 1787-1797 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. [1789]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf, WA (18°32'S) to Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (141º25'E), and off Bass Point, NSW (34º36'S); tropical, New Guinea.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [236]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [148]

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3768]

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [41]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [278]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (693)

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [148] (North-west Ruffe)

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3768] (Blackspot Butterfish)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [118] (Northwest Ruffe)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [278] (Black-spot Butterfish)

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

History of changes

• Psenopsis intermedia Piotrovsky, A.S. 1987. New stromateoid species (Centrolophidae, Ariommidae) from the western tropical Indian Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 27(3): 506-509 [in Russian, translation in J. Ichthyol.] [506, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMMU P-17054, south-western Indian Ocean [11°40'S, 61°59'E].
  Paratype(s) ZIL 48004.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Coral Sea (about 18°S) based on specimens in CSIRO, tropical, Indian

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

230-500 m

General References

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [S4] (Indian Ocean records)

History of changes

• Psenopsis obscura Haedrich, R.L. 1967. A new species of Psenopsis (Stromateoidei, Centrolophidae) from Indo-Malayan seas. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 14(4/6): 187-196 [188].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 98818, Molucca Passage, Maren Island, Dutch East Indies.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 46369.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf, WA (20°08'S, 112°55'E to 18°28'S, 116°36'E) and east of Capricorn Group (23°30'S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope.

General References

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [261, 355]

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3768]

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [40-42]

Common Name References

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3768, FAO] (Obscure Driftfish)

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

History of changes

• Pseudoicichthys Parin, N.V. & Permitin, Y.Y. 1969. Materials on the pelagic fish fauna of the Antarctic. A new genus of stromateoid fishes – Pseudoicichthys (Pisces, Centrolophidae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 9(6): 981-987 [in Russian; English transation in Probl. Ichthyol. 9(6): 981-987].

  Type species:

   Icichthys australis Haedrich, 1966 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Southern circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10)

History of changes

• Icichthys australis Haedrich, R.L. 1966. The stromateoid fish genus Icichthys: notes and a new species. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 129: 199-213 figs 1-7 [201, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC P.69870, west of New Zealand [44°39'S, 173°40'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pseudoicichthys australis (Haedrich, 1966). —
  Parin, N.V. & Permitin, Y.Y. 1969. Materials on the pelagic fish fauna of the Antarctic. A new genus of stromateoid fishes – Pseudoicichthys (Pisces, Centrolophidae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 9(6): 981-987 [in Russian; English transation in Probl. Ichthyol. 9(6): 981-987] [981] (changed combination as type of genus Pseudoicichthys)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off TAS; temperate, southern circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope.

General References

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [42]

Common Name References

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

History of changes

• Schedophilus Cocco, A. 1839. Sopra un nuova genere di pesci dello famiglia de'Centrolofini e di una nuova species di Trachurus. Innominata Messina 3(7): 56-59 [57].

  Type species:

   Schedophilus medusophagus Cocco, 1839 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [123].

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CENTROLOPHIDAE: Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier, 1833) [previously thought to occur in Australia according to Stehmann, M. von & Lenz, W. (1973)] — McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Centrolophidae. pp. 832-838, figs 736-741 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. [834]

CENTROLOPHIDAE: Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879) — Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. 2013. A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3616(5): 461–477 [462]

CENTROLOPHIDAE: Seriolella velaini Sauvage, 1879 [original combination; see Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879)] — Sauvage, H.E. 1879. Mémoire sur la faune ichthyologique d l'île St. Paul. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 8: 1-46, pls 1-3 [32, pl. 1(2)] (yype data: holotype MNHP 1884–163, St. Paul Island, southern Indian Ocean)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), West Tasmania Transition (9)

General References

Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. 2013. A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3616(5): 461–477

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

Stehmann, M. von & Lenz, W. 1973. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen des FFS "Walther Herwig" nach Südamerika. XXVI. Systematik und Verbreitung der Artengruppe — Seriolella punctata (Schneider, 1801), S. porosa Guichenot, 1848, S. dobula (Günther, 1869) — sowie taxonomis Hyperoglyphe Günther, 1859 und Schedophilus Cocco, 1839 (Osteichthys, Stromateoidei, Centrolophidae). Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft 23(3): 179-201 9 figs

History of changes

• Centrolophus huttoni Waite, E.R. 1910. Notes on New Zealand fishes. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 42: 384-391 figs 37-38 [dated 1909] [387].

  Type data:

   Holotype CMNZ 113, Sumner, near Christchurch, New Zealand
  Comment: based on one specimen, other specimens mentioned assigned to other species.

Generic Combinations

• Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910). —
  Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes; systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(2): 31-139 figs 1-56 [62]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle (32°53'S), NSW to southwest of Cape Bridgewater, (38°38'S, 141°04'E) VIC and TAS; temperate, southern circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, pelagic.

General References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [797]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [468]

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [124]

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Centrolophidae. pp. 832-838, figs 736-741 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. [835]

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [43]

Common Name References

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [468] (New Zealand Ruffe)

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

History of changes

• Schedophilus labyrinthicus McAllister, D.E. & Randall, J.E. 1975. A new species of centrolophid fish from Easter Island and Rapa Iti Island in the South Pacific. Publications in Biological Oceanography. National Museum of Canada 8: 1-7 [1, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMC 67–501, near Easter Island.
  Paratype(s) UBC 65–411; BPBM 6642.

Generic Combinations

• Seriolella labyrinthica (McAllister & Randall, 1975). —
  McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [117]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879). —
  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 [27] (misidentification, in part; regarded Schedophilus labyrinthicus as a junior synonym)
  Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Families Centrolophidae and Nomeidae. pp. 1787-1797 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. [1791] (misidentification of eastern Australian material)

Introduction

Andrew et al.(1995) considered Schedophilus labyrinthicus as a junior synonym of Schedophilus velaini. Last et al. (2013) provided evidence that eastern Australian Schedophilus labyrinthicus is genetically distinct from Schedophilus velaini from the Indian Ocean and New Zealand. Further studies are needed to determine if Schedophilus velaini occurs in Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Brunswick Heads (28°32'S) to Stockton Bight (32°52'S), NSW, also Barcoo Seamount (32°34'S, 156°17'E) and Lord Howe Island, NSW; subtropical, southern circumglobal.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, pelagic.

General References

Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. 2013. A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3616(5): 461–477 [474]

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 (as Seriolella labyrinthica)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [252] (as Schedophilus labyrinthicus)

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Ocean Blue-eye Trevalla)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [252] (Ocean Blue-eye)

History of changes

• Schedophilus maculatus 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. [412].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1848.3.16.150, Sea of China.
• Schedophilus marmoratus Kner, R. & Steindachner, F. 1867. Über neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Johann Caesar Godeffroy und Sohn in Hamburg. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 54(1): 356-395 4 pls [366].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMH 464, Sudsee
  Comment: (Haedrich, R.L., 1967) listed holotype as ZMH 464, but Karrer (pers. comm.) suggests that the holotype is more probably NHMW 16724; BMNH 1866.12.27.12 also possibly a type.

  Type locality references:

  Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes: systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(5): 31-139.
• Hoplocoryphis physaliarum Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 11-15 [68, pl. 12(4)] [based on Schedophilus maculatus in Ogilby, J.D. 1893. Review of the genus Schedophilus, Cocco, and its allies. Records of the Australian Museum 2(5): 65–73 (68)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.2346, Manly, Sydney, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM IA.5565.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [125]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, QLD (27°05'S) to Bass Strait, VIC (39°04'S), also Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island; temperate, possibly circumglobal, but other species often misidentified as this species.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, pelagic.

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [124]

McDowall, R.M. 1980. First adults of Schidophilus maculatus Günther, 1860 (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 10(2): 145-151 figs 1-2

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [125]

McDowall, R.M. 2001. Centrolophidae. pp. 3767-3770 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3768]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [118] (781)

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [44]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (702, as Hoplocoryphis physaliarum)

Common Name References

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. [377] (Pelagic Butterfish)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [118] (Raft Fish)

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

History of changes

• Seriolella Guichenot, A. 1848. Peces de Chile. pp. 137–370 in Gay, C. (ed.) Historia física y política de Chile. Vol. 2 Pt 2 Zoologica. Paris. [238].

  Type species:

   Seriolella porosa Guichenot, 1848 (=Scomber punctatus Forster, 1801) by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. 1923. A classification of fishes including families and genera as far as known. Stanford University Publications, University Series 3(2): 77-243 [238].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southern circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

History of changes

• Neptomenus brama 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. [390].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1975.9.23.1, New Zealand.

Generic Combinations

• Seriolella brama (Günther, 1860). —
  Hutton, F.W. 1890. List of the New Zealand fishes. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 275-285 [278]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Portland, QLD (24°01'S) to southwest of Fowlers Bay, SA (131°25'E) and off TAS, possibly to east of Albany, WA (118°57'E) on the south coast; temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand).

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, pelagic.

General References

Bruce, B.D., Neira, F.J. & Bradford, R.W. 2001. Larval distribution and abundance of blue and spotted warehous (Seriolella brama and S. punctata: Centrolophidae) in south-eastern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 52(4): 631-636

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [798]

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [387]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [379]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [469]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [124]

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [112]

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Centrolophidae. pp. 832-838, figs 736-741 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. [836]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [119] (784)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (699)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [253]

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. [836] (Common Warehou, Haddock, Portland Hake, Sea Bream, Snotgall Trevalla, Snotty Nose Trevalla, Snotty Trevally, Tasmanian Travalla)

Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [253] (Australian Marketing Name) (Blue Warehou, Snotgall Trevally)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [469] (Warehou)

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. [378] (Snotty)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [253] (Black Trevally, Snotty Trevalla, Snottynose Trevalla, Tasmanian Trevally)

History of changes

• Seriolella caerulea Guichenot, A. 1848. Peces de Chile. pp. 137–370 in Gay, C. (ed.) Historia física y política de Chile. Vol. 2 Pt 2 Zoologica. Paris. [242].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP (holotype reported lost by McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103–142 figs 1–20), Juan Fernandez Islands.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Norah Head, NSW (33°28'S) to off Portland, VIC (141°30'E) and off TAS; temperate, southern circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, pelagic.

General References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [799]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [379]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [470]

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [256]

Common Name References

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [256] (White Warehou, Ranger Trevally, White Trevalla)

History of changes

• Scomber punctatus Forster, J.R. in Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin. 584 pp. 110 pls [37] [ex Gasterosteus punctatus Forster MS].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1869.2.23:42–44, New Zealand.
• Seriolella porosa Guichenot, A. 1848. Peces de Chile. pp. 137–370 in Gay, C. (ed.) Historia física y política de Chile. Vol. 2 Pt 2 Zoologica. Paris. [239].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP A6634, Valparaiso, Chile; MNHP A.6639, Valparaiso, Chile.
• Neptonemus dobula Günther, A. 1869. Contributions to the ichthyology of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 429 [429].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1869.2.24.42–44, TAS; BMNH 1869.2.24.46–48, TAS.
• Neptonemus travale Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [119] [as Neptonemus ? travale].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP A.5624, Melbourne Markets, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [110]

Generic Combinations

• Seriolella dobula (Günther, 1869). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [124]
• Seriolella punctata (Forster, 1801). —
  Gill, T.N. 1893. A comparison of antipodal faunas. Memoirs of the National Academy of Science Washington 6(5): 91-124 [97]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Seriolella maculata Forster, 1794 [nomen dubium]. —
  Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [119] (785; nomen dubium, see McDowall (1982))

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Port Stephens, NSW (32°S) to Gulf St Vincent (138°09'E) SA and off TAS; temperate, discontinuous, New Zealand, west Atlantic, east Pacific (south) and subantarctic islands.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), 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), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, pelagic.

General References

Bruce, B.D., Neira, F.J. & Bradford, R.W. 2001. Larval distribution and abundance of blue and spotted warehous (Seriolella brama and S. punctata: Centrolophidae) in south-eastern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 52(4): 631-636

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [799]

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [387]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [470]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [124] (also as Seriolella dobula)

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20 [110]

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Centrolophidae. pp. 832-838, figs 736-741 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. [837]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [119] (786, as S. porosa and 785, as S. maculata)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [255]

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. [837] (Blue Bass, Mackerel Trevalla)

Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [255] (Snottynose Trevally)

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. [380] (Spotted Trevalla)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [119] (Mackerel Snotgall, Patagonian Silver Trevalla)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [255] (Spotted Trevalla, Spotted Warehou)

Yearsley, G.K. (ed.) 1995. Marketing Names for Fish and Seafood in Australia. Canberra : Department of Primary Industries and Energy 170 pp. [101] (Silver Warehou, Spotty Nose Trevally)

History of changes

• Tubbia Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 167-187 figs 1-10 [178].

  Type species:

   Tubbia tasmanica Whitley, 1943 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Off South Africa (Saint Paul Island) and New Zealand.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), West Tasmania Transition (9)

General References

Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. 2013. A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3616(5): 461–477

History of changes

• Tubbia stewarti Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. 2013. A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3616(5): 461–477 [463, figs 1A, 2A, 3, 5A].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNZ P.033110, off Bay of Plenty, New Zealand [37º09.6'S, 177º07.98'E].
  Paratype(s) AM 2 lots; CSIRO 12 lots; NMNZ 13 lots; NMV 2 lots.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tubbia sp. —
  Daley, R.K., Last, P.R., Yearsley, G.K. & Ward, R.D. 1997. South east fishery quota species. An identification guide. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 91 pp. [70]
• Tubbia tasmanica Whitley, 1943 [misidentification]. —
  McDowall, R.M. 1979. The centrolophid genus Tubbia :(Pisces : Stromateoidei). Copeia 1979(4): 733-738 figs 1-4 [fig. 4]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: mesopelagic.

Juveniles: epipelagic.

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

30-1438 m

Common Name References

Last, P.R., Daley, R.K. & Duhamel, G. 2013. A review of the rudderfish genus Tubbia (Stromateoidei: Centrolophidae) with the description of a new species from the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3616(5): 461–477 [463] (Seamount Rudderfish)

History of changes

• Tubbia tasmanica Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 167-187 figs 1-10 [179, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IB.1148, off eastern TAS.

Generic Combinations

• Mupus tasmanica (Whitley, 1943). —
  Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [118] (779, changed combination cited)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Schedophilus huttoni (Waite, 1910) [misidentification, in part, considered Tubbia tasmanica as a probable synonym]. —
  Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes; systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(2): 31-139 figs 1-56 [62]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern TAS (42°41'S, 148°34'E) and Cascade Plateau (45°S, 150°25'E) to off southwest TAS (45°S, 142°30'E), possibly north to off Portland VIC; temperate, discontinuous (Saint Paul Island and New Zealand).

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: mesopelagic.

Juveniles: epipelagic.

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

15-1400 m.

General References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Sphyraenidae to Centrolophidae. pp. 774-800 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [800]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [472]

McDowall, R.M. 1979. The centrolophid genus Tubbia :(Pisces : Stromateoidei). Copeia 1979(4): 733-738 figs 1-4 [733]

McDowall, R.M. 1982. The centrolophid fishes of New Zealand (Pisces : Stromateoidei). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(2): 103-142 figs 1-20

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Centrolophidae. pp. 832-838, figs 736-741 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. [838]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [118] (779, as Mupus tasmanica)

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (691)

Common Name References

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [472] (Mauve Ruffe, Tasmanian Ruffe)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [254] (Tasmanian Rudderfish)

History of changes

• Stromateus maculatus Forster, J.R. 1792. Tagebuch ein der Reise nach Neu-Südwallis … erstem Wunderzte der in Port Jackson angelegten neuen Kolonie (J. White). Magazin vol merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen 9: 1-287 [not seen] [131] [listed as nomen dubium by McDowall, R.M. 1976. The status of Stromateus maculatus Forster — a fish from New South Wales. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6(4): 489–491 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Botany Bay, NSW.

History of changes

Introduction

Members of the Nomeidae, or driftfishes, occur worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. Three genera and 15 species are currently recognised (Haedrich 1990; McDowall 1994), with all three genera and 11 species known from Australia.

Nomeids are typically oceanic, with juveniles sometimes associated with Physalia or jellyfishes. They are not part of major fisheries in Australia. The maximum length achieved is around 1 m, but most species are smaller.

Butler (1979) and Agafonova (1994) revised Cubiceps, and Haedrich (1967) treated the monotypic Nomeus and species of Psenes. Last (2001) and Parin & Piotrosky (2004) treated some Australian species. The identity of Psenes maculatus, recorded by Kuiter (1993) from Australian waters, based on a juvenile, is uncertain; this species is not included here.

General References

Agafonova, T.B. 1994. Systematics and distribution of Cubiceps (Nomeidae) of the world ocean. Journal of Ichthyology 34(5): 116-143 figs 1-16

Butler, J.L. 1979. The nomeid genus Cubiceps (Pisces) with a description of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 29(2): 226-241 figs 1-12

Haedrich, R.L. 1967. The stromateoid fishes; systematics and a classification. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 135(2): 31-139 figs 1-56

Haedrich, R.L. 1990. Centrolophidae, Nomeidae, Ariommidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 1010-1022 in Quéro, J.-C., Hureau, J.-C., Karrer, C., Post, A. & Saldanha, L. (eds). Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. Paris : UNESCO 1492 pp., 3 vols.

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

Last, P.R. 2001. Nomeidae, Ariommatidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 3771-3785 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Nomeidae. pp. 839-843, figs 742-745 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.

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

Common Name References

Last, P.R. 2001. Nomeidae, Ariommatidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 3771-3785 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3771] (Cigarfishes)

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [846] (Driftfishes)

History of changes

• Cubiceps Lowe, R.T. 1843. Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841 and 1842. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 81-95 [82].

  Type species:

   Seriola gracilis Lowe, 1839 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896. The fishes of North and middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 47(1): 1-1240 [950].

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Nomeidae: Cubiceps squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909) [valid from the Arabian Sea] — Gomon, M.F. & Last, P.R. 2008. Family Nomeidae. pp. 801-804 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [802]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Agafonova, T.B. 1994. Systematics and distribution of Cubiceps (Nomeidae) of the world ocean. Journal of Ichthyology 34(5): 116-143 figs 1-16

Agafonova, T.F. 1988. New data on the taxonomy and distribution of cigarfishes (Cubiceps, Nomeidae) of the Indian Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 28(4): 541-555 [English translation in J. Ichthyol. 28(6): 46-61]

Butler, J.L. 1979. The nomeid genus Cubiceps (Pisces) with a description of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 29(2): 226-241 figs 1-12

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62

History of changes

• Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, A.R. 1923. Notes on fishes from Australia and Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 14(1): 1-17 pls 1-3 [14, pl. 1 (fig. 4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IA.686, Lord Howe Island.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

East of Proserpine, QLD (20°24'S) to south of Hobart, TAS (44°16'S) and Lord Howe Island, NSW, also west of Cape Cuvier (24°S) to North of Port Walcott (19°44'S), WA, however identity of Indian Ocean records recently questioned by Viji et al. (2021) and may be misidentifications of Cubiceps whiteleggii; temperate, Indo-Pacific.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northwest Transition (3), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Oceanic province, pelagic.

General References

Agafonova, T.B. 1994. Systematics and distribution of Cubiceps (Nomeidae) of the world ocean. Journal of Ichthyology 34(5): 116-143 figs 1-16

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [355] (species list only)

Gomon, M.F. & Last, P.R. 2008. Family Nomeidae. pp. 801-804 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [801]

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Nomeidae. pp. 839-843, figs 742-745 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.

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [120] (788)

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [46]

Viji, V., HArish, K.C. & Madhusoodana Kurup, B. 2021. Reports of Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch 1923 from Indian Ocean are probably misidentifications of Cubiceps whiteleggii (Waite 1894). Zootaxa 4985(1): 142-144

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (698)

Common Name References

Last, P.R. 2001. Nomeidae, Ariommatidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 3771-3785 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3777] (FAO) (Black Cigarfish)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [120] (Cubehead)

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

History of changes

• Cubiceps caeruleus Regan, C.T. 1914. Diagnoses of new marine fishes collected by the British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13(2): 11-17 [15] [also described in Regan, C.T. 1914. Fishes. British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition 1910, Zoology 1(1): 1–54 figs 1–8 pls 1–13 (11)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1913.12.6.29, South Pacific.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1913.12.6.28.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Butler, J.L. 1979. The nomeid genus Cubiceps (Pisces) with a description of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science 29(2): 226-241 figs 1-12 [233].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cubiceps gracilis (Lowe, 1843) [misidentification of Atlantic species]. —
  Waite, E.R. 1904. Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. No. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 5(3): 135-186 fig. 32 pls 17-24 [162]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle, NSW (33°04'S) to south-east of Tasman Peninsula (43°22'S) and along south coast to west of Bunbury, WA (33°S), also Lord Howe Island; temperate, southern circumglobal.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Oceanic province, pelagic.

General References

Agafonova, T.B. 1994. Systematics and distribution of Cubiceps (Nomeidae) of the world ocean. Journal of Ichthyology 34(5): 116-143 figs 1-16

Gomon, M.F. & Last, P.R. 2008. Family Nomeidae. pp. 801-804 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [802]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [473]

McDowall, R.M. 1994. Family Nomeidae. pp. 839-843, figs 742-745 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. [839]

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [46]

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. [839] (Blue Cubehead)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [473] (Cubehead)

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

History of changes

• Atimostoma capensis Smith, A. 1847. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835 and 1836. Pisces. London : Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. 4 83 pp. 31 pls. [bound in 1849; published from 1838 to 1847] [unpaginated, pl. 24].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1845.7.3.74 skin, north of Cape Town, South Africa.

Generic Combinations

• Cubiceps capensis (Smith, 1847). —
  Barnard, K.H. 1948. Further notes on South African marine fishes. Annals of the South African Museum 36: 341-406 [389]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Knowledge of distribution incomplete, because of similarity to C. baxteri, but probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas between 40°N and 35°S; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Oceanic province, pelagic.

General References

Last, P.R. 2001. Nomeidae, Ariommatidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 3771-3785 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3777]

Parin, N.V. & Piotrovsky, A.S. 2004. Stromateoid fishes (suborder Stromateoidei) of the Indian Ocean (species composition, distribution, biology, and fisheries). Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 33-62 [46]

Common Name References

Last, P.R. 2001. Nomeidae, Ariommatidae, Tetragonuridae. pp. 3771-3785 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3777] (FAO) (Cape Cigarfish)

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

History of changes