Species Siphamia argentea Lachner, 1953
Silver Siphonfish
- Siphamia agrentea Lachner, E.A. 1953. Family Apogonidae : cardinal fishes. pp. 412-498 figs 69-84 pls 33-43 in Schultz, L.P., Herald, E.S., Lachner, E.A., Welander, A.D. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 1. Families Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(1): 1-685, figs 1-90, pls 1-74 [421, fig. 71].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 112042, north Balabac Strait, Philippines.
Paratype(s) USNM 112087-112090.
Introduction
First collected from Australian waters in 2007 (Gon & Allen 2012).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
North West Shelf, WA; tropical, west Pacific (Philippines)
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
23-107 m, usually trawled.
General References
Gon, O. & Allen, G.R. 2012. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 3294: 1-84 [21]
Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203 [201]
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [412] (Silver Siphonfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2014 | APOGONIDAE | 18-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 04-May-2012 | ADDED |