Species Suezichthys devisi (Whitley, 1941)
Australian Rainbow Wrasse, Australian Slender-wrasse, De Vis' Rainbow-fish, Gracilis Wrasse, Slender Rainbow Wrasse
- Guntheria devisi Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. The Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1-50 figs 1-32 pls 1-2 [36, fig. 24] [original genus should have been Guentheria].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.1033, Fraser Island, QLD, 15 fathoms.
Paratype(s) AM IB.1034 10 specimens.
Generic Combinations
- Suezichthys devisi (Whitley, 1941). —
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [279] (changed combination cited)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887) [a misidentification, Guntheria devisi treated as a synonym of Suezichthys gracilis (see Introduction)]. —
Russell, B.C. 1985. Revision of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Suezichthys, with descriptions of four new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 2: 1-21 figs 1-7 pls 1-3 [8]
Introduction
Russell (1985) treated Guntheria devisi Whitley 1941 as a synonym of Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887). However S. gracilis is now considered to be restricted to the northwest Pacific (Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan), being replaced by S. devisi in Australia and the southwest Pacific (B. Russell, pers. comm. August 2013, see also Kuiter (2010)). Russell & Westneat (2013) treated the Australian species as S. gracilis.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
East of Townsville, QLD (19°16’S, 148°09’E) to Jervis Bay, NSW (35°07’S, 150°45’E), and Lord Howe Island, juveniles may be found further south on NSW coast; subtropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [326]
- Malcolm, H.A., Gladstone, W., Lindfield, S., Wraith, J. & Lynch, T.P. 2007. Spatial and temporal variation in reef fish assemblages of marine parks in New South Wales, Australia—baited video observations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 350: 277-290 [290] (as S. gracilis)
- Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [102] (as Suezichthys gracilis)
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, inshore, sand bottom marine.
Extra Ecological Information
0 - 40 m.
General References
Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006. Labridae: Labrinae. pp. 1368-1418 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1413] (as S. gracilis, in part)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [82, 136] (as Suezichthys gracilis)
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [744]
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [324]
Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 398. [252] (replacing S. gracilis in the SW Pacific)
Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 68: 1-97 [40]
Russell, B.C. 1985. Revision of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Suezichthys, with descriptions of four new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 2: 1-21 figs 1-7 pls 1-3 (as S. gracilis, in part)
Russell, B.C. & Westneat, M.W. 2013. A new species of Suezichthys (Teleostei: Perciformes: Labridae) from the southeastern Pacific, with a redefinition of the genus and a key to species. Zootaxa 3640(1): 88-94 [90] (as S. gracilis in part)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [51] (1697)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006. Labridae: Labrinae. pp. 1368-1418 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1413] (as Suezichthys gracilis) (Slender Rainbow Wrasse)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [82] (as Suezichthys gracilis) (Gracilis Wrasse)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [279] (Gracilis Wrasse)
Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 207 pp. [100] (Australian Slender-wrasse)
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [306] (De Vis' Rainbow-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Australian Rainbow Wrasse)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2017 | LABROIDEI | 03-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |