Species Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813)
Smooth Toadfish, Smooth Toado
- Tetrodon glaber Fréminville, M. 1813. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces des Poissons de l'ordre des Branchiosteges. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 3(67): 249-253 [251, pl. 4(4)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (type reported as lost by Hardy, G.S. 1983. Revision of Australian species of Torquigener Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13(1/2): 1–48 figs 1–18), Adventure Bay, south-eastern TAS. - Aphanacanthe reticulatus Bibron, G. in Duméril, A.H.A. 1855. Note sur un travail inédit de Bibron relatif aux poissons Plectognathes Gymnodontes (Diodons et Tétrodons). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 8: 274-282 [278] [nom. nud. as no distinguishing features given and genus not latinised, but may have been made available at a later date].
- Spheroides liosomus Regan, C.T. 1909. Descriptions of new marine fishes from Australia and the Pacific. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 4(51): 438-440 [439].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1868.8.13:16, Flinders Island, TAS; Port Phillip, Melbourne, VIC; Hobart, TAS; BMNH 1899.2.14:57, Flinders Island, TAS; Port Phillip, Melbourne, VIC; Hobart, TAS; BMNH 1872.7.1:15, Flinders Island, TAS; Port Phillip, Melbourne, VIC; Hobart, TAS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hardy, G.S. 1983. Revision of Australian species of Torquigener Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13(1/2): 1-48 figs 1-18 [9]
Generic Combinations
- Gastrophysus glaber (Fréminville, 1813). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [59] - Torquigener glaber (Fréminville, 1813). —
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [517] - Spheroides glaber (Fréminville, 1813). —
Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [63] - Amblyrhynchotes glaber (Fréminville, 1813). —
Halstead, B.W. 1967. Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office Vol. 2 1070 pp. [684] - Sphaeroides glaber (Fréminville, 1813). —
Whitley, G.P. 1953. Toadfish poisoning. Australian Museum Magazine 11(2): 60-65 [61] - Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813). —
Hardy, G.S. 1983. Revision of Australian species of Torquigener Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13(1/2): 1-48 figs 1-18 [9] (changed combination with description of genus Tetractenos) - Sphaeroides liosomus (Regan, 1909). —
Whitley, G.P. 1953. Toadfish poisoning. Australian Museum Magazine 11(2): 60-65 [61]
Introduction
The species is very similar to and often confused with Tetractenos hamiltoni. Records of T. hamiltoni were often misidentifications of T. glaber prior to 1983.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Moreton Bay, QLD (27°02'S) to Port Lincoln, SA (135°52'E) and throughout TAS; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
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) [337]
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, estuary, estuary, freshwater, inshore, sand bottom marine.
Extra Ecological Information
0-10 m.
General References
Hardy, G.S. 1983. Revision of Australian species of Torquigener Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 13(1/2): 1-48 figs 1-18 [10]
Hardy, G.S. 1994. Family Tetraodontidae. pp. 902-912, figs 795-804 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. [911]
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [517] (as Torquigener glaber)
Matsuura, K. 2008. Families Ostraciidae, Tetraodontidae. pp. 842-856 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [855]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [431] (as Spheroides liosomus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [59] (2422, as Gastrophysus glaber)
Common Name References
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [517] (Smooth Toadfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Smooth Toadfish)
Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [63] (Smooth Toado)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |