Species Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842)
Australian Sardine, Australian Pilchard, Bloater, Blue Bait, Blue Pilchard, Blue-bait, Bluebait, Mulie, Mulies, Picton Herring, Pilchard, Sardine, Smig, Westralian Pilchard
- Clupea sagax Jenyns, L. 1842. Part 4 Fishes. pp. 97-172 pls 21-29 in Darwin, C. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. London : Smith, Elder & Co. [134].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1917.7.25.2 skin, Lima, San Lorenzo Island, Peru. - Clupea neopilchardus Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 16(4): 29-34 [described subsequently in more detail Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den k.k. Zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. I. Zur Fischfauna von süd-Australien. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 41(2): 1–15 figs 1–9 [12]].
Type data:
Holotype SMNS (missing), Hobson's Bay, VIC.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Parrish, R.H., Serra, R. & Grant, W.S. 1989. The monotypic sardine, Sardina and Sardinops: Their taxonomy, distribution, stock structure, and zoogeography. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences [formerly Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada] 46(11): 2019-2036 [2021]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Hervey Bay, QLD (25ºS) to Kalbarri, WA (27º42´S); temperate, South Pacific and south Atlantic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, epipelagic, inshore, schooling.
General References
Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Gonorynchidae, Plotosidae, Salmonidae. pp. 215-231 figs 192-206 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. [223] (as S. neopilchardus)
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [722] (as S. sagax neopilchardus)
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. [202] (as S. neopilchardus)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [34] (as S. neopilchardus)
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [40]
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] (152, as Sardinops neopilchardus)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [157] (as S. neopilchardus)
Whitehead, P.J.P. 1970. The clupeoid fishes described by Steindachner. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 20(1): 1-46 [16]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (195, as S. neopilchardus)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [148] (as S. neopilchardus)
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. [224] (Bloater, Blue Bait, Blue Pilchard, Mulies, Picton Herring, Sardine)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [89] (Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service pp. 238. [128], Australian Marketing Name) (Pilchard)
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [95] (Westralian Pilchard)
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. [170] (Blue-bait, Mulie)
Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [3] (Smig)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (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. 1–303 pp. [59], FAO) (Australian Pilchard)
History of changes
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| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |