Species Tathicarpus butleri Ogilby, 1907

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External Links

• Tathicarpus butleri Ogilby, J.D. 1907. Some new pediculate fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 20: 17-25 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM I.861, Port Curtis, QLD.
• Tathicarpus mucosus Ogilby, J.D. 1907. Some new pediculate fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 20: 17-25 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM, Port Curtis, QLD.
• Tathicarpus appeli Ogilby, J.D. 1922. Three new Queensland fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7(4): 301-304 fig. 19 [303, pl. 19, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM I.3183, Wide Bay, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schultz, L.P. 1957. The frogfishes of the family Antennariidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107(3383): 47-105 figs 1-7 pls 1-14 [64]
• Pietsch, T.W. & Grobecker, D.B. 1987. Frogfishes of the World: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press 420 pp. [259]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tathicarpus subrotundatus (Castelnau, 1875). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [60] (regarded Tathicarpus butleri as a junior synonym, see Insertae Sedis)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Geraldton, WA (28ºS, 114ºE) tosouth-east of Fraser Island,, QLD (26ºS); tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 5-80 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Antennariidae. pp. 637-646 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. [645]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [22]

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [349]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [405] (as Tathicarpus butleri, T. mucosus and p. 406 as T. appeli)

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [281]

Pietsch, T.W. 1984. The genera of frogfishes (family Antennariidae). Copeia 1984(1): 27-44 fig. 1 [41]

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Antennariidae, Tetrabrachiidae, Lophichthyidae. pp. 2013-2019 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [2015]

Pietsch, T.W. & Grobecker, D.B. 1987. Frogfishes of the World: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press 420 pp. [260]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [80]

 

Common Name References

Le Danois, Y. 1964. Étude anatomique et systématique des Antennaires, de l'Ordre des Pediculates. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] n.s. sér. A, Zool. 31(1): 1-162 [259] (Butler's Frogfish)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [80] (Black-spot Anglerfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	08-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED