Species Scleropages jardinii (Saville-Kent, 1892)

• Osteoglossum jardinii Saville-Kent, W. 1892. Description of a new species of true barrimundi, Osteoglossum jardinii, from north Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8: 105-108 [105].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1911.4.1.33-45, uncatalogued (missing), Wenlock River, QLD (as Batavia River) and Gregory River, Cape York, Gulf of Carpenteria; QM (missing), Wenlock River, QLD (as Batavia River) and Gregory River, Cape York, Gulf of Carpenteria.

 

Generic Combinations

• Scleropages jardinii (Saville-Kent, 1892). —
  Lake, J.S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Melbourne : Nelson 61 pp. [25]
• Scleropages leichardti jardinii (Saville-Kent, 1892). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Scleropages leichardti leichardti Günther, 1864 [misidentification in part, considered S. jardinii as a junior synonym]. —
  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] [28]
• Scleropages leichardti Günther, 1864 [misidentification, in part]. —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [36] (regarded Scleropages jardinii as a junior synonym)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known in Australia only from following systems: East Alligator, NT (132º43´E), Goyder, NT (135º04´E), Roper, NT (134º04´E), Gregory, QLD (130º10´E), Cattle Creek, QLD (141º38´E), Mitchell, QLD (141º40´E), Archer, QLD (142º09´E), Wenlock, QLD (142º05´E) and Jardine, QLD (142º22´E); tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [57]

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [789]

Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs.

Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [3]

Leggett, R. & Merrick, J.R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. Artarmon : J.R. Merrick Publications 241 pp. 142 figs. [88]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. 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] [28] (198, as S. leichardti leichardti)

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Bird, J. 2000. Fishes of the dune fields of Cape Flattery, northern Queensland and other dune systems in north-eastern Australia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 11(1): 65-74 [72]

Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1060]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [34] (174)

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [533] (Gulf Barramundi, Saratoga)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [75] (Gulf Saratoga, Northern Spotted Barramundi)

Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [24] (Bony Tongue)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd pp. 880. [789]) (Northern Saratoga)

Whitley, G.P. 1941. Burramundi. Australian Museum Magazine 7(8): 264-268 [265] (Gulf Of Carpentaria Burramundi)

 

History of changes

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