Species Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, 1853

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External Links

• Priacanthus blochii Bleeker, P. 1853. Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Batavia. Tiental I–VI. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 451-516 [456].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RMNH 30583, Jakarta (as Batavia), Sibogha, west Sumatra and Ambon, Indonesia; RMNH 5552, Jakarta (as Batavia), Sibogha, west Sumatra and Ambon, Indonesia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Lord Howe Island, NSW (based on specimens in AM), and possibly off-shore reefs off northwest of WA; tropical, Indo-west Pacific (east to Samoa).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine, rock bottom–marine.

Extra Ecological Information

15–30 m.

 

General References

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [136]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [136]

Starnes, W.C. 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 43(2): 117-203 [162]

Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2599]

 

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [54] (Silver Big-eye)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [151] (Glasseye)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [136] (Bloch's Bigeye)

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

Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2599] (FAO) (Shortfin Bigeye)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Nov-2012		15-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED