Species Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, 1853

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• Sardinella lemuru Bleeker, P. 1853. Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Batavia. Tiental I–VI. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 451-516 [500].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1867.11.28.41, Jakarta (as Batavia), Indonesia.
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH 7103, 28926; MNHP 3226 (possible type).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Whitehead, P.J.P., Boeseman, M. & Wheeler, A.C. 1966. The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific elopoid and clupeoid fishes. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 84: 1-159 pls 1-19 [48].
• Amblygaster posterus Whitley, G.P. 1931. Studies in Ichthyology No. 5. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 138-160 figs 1-2 pls 20-21 [144].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.12826 (formerly WAM 10710, figured in Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397–428 figs 1–45 pl. 30 [fig.6]), off Fremantle, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM I.11224-25; AM I.13186-88.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [103]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Albany (35ºS) to Port Hedland (20º18´S), WA; tropical, temperate, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, pelagic, schooling.

 

General References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [95]

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [75]

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] [22] (154, as Amblygaster postera)

Munroe, T.A., Wongratana, T. & Nizinski, M.S. 1999. Family Clupeidae. pp. 1775-1821 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. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1814]

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [103]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (181)

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [95] (Westralian Sardine)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [75]) (Scaly Mackerel)

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303 [103] (FAO) (Bali Sardinella)

Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [401] (Fremantle Pilchard)

 

History of changes

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