Species Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin, 1789)
Bluebottle-fish, Bluebottle Fish, Portuguese Man-o'-war Fish, Portuguese Man-o-war Fish, Shepherd, Shepherd Fish
Compiler and date details
25 September 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray and Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray
- Gobius gronovii Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Pisces. pp. 1126-1516 in Linnaeus, C. (ed.). Systema Naturae. Leiden : Delamollière Vol. 1 Pt 3. [1205].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, America. - Nomeus dyscritus Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [315].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.1928, Shellharbour, NSW. - Gobius albula Meuschen, F.C. 1781. Index, continens nomina generica specierum propria, trivialia ut et synonyma. In L.T. Gronovius, Zoophylacium Gronovianum, exhibens Animalia, Quadrupeda, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes, Mollusca, Testacea, et Zoophyta, quae in museo suo adservavit, examini subjecit, systematice disposuit atque descripsit. Leiden : Theodore Haak & Co., Samuel and Johannes Luchtmans 1-19, unpaginated. [invalid name; not available, published in a rejected work].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [83]
Generic Combinations
- Nomeus albula (Meuschen, 1781) [not available, published in a rejected work]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [123]
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] (789) - Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin, 1789). —
Günther, A.E. 1889. Report on the pelagic fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 31(78): 1-47 pls 1-6 [13]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Fremantle, WA (32°05'S) based on specimens in Western Australian Museum, and east of Cape York, Coral Sea (11°03'S) to eastern VIC, also Lord Howe Island; tropical, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Cape Province (20), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Young pelagic, adults demersal.
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. [3778]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [123] (as Nomeus albula)
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. [841]
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] (789, as Nomeus albula)
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 [49-51]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [40] (694, as Nomeus dyscritus)
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. [842] (Portuguese Man-o-war Fish)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [373] (Bluebottle-fish)
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. [3778] (FAO) (Bluebottle Fish)
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. [384] (Shepherd Fish)
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] (Portuguese Man-o'-war Fish, Shepherd)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bluebottle-fish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2013 | STROMATEOIDEI | 08-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |