Species Tetraodon erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1853
Redstripe Toadfish
- Tetraodon erythrotaenia Bleeker, P. 1853. Vierde Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 5: 153-174 [174].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH 7356 (original locality Sulawesi and Ambon Is., but it is not clear which locality the lectotype comes from), Indonesia.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH 7536.Subsequent designation references:
Dekkers, W.J. 1975. Review of the Asiatic freshwater puffers of the genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 45(1): 87-142 figs 1-42 [116].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Weipa (141°52'E) to Escape River estuary (10°58'S), QLD; tropical, west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, inshore, mangrove, mud bottom-marine, silt bottom-marine.
General References
Allen, G.R. 1991. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of New Guinea. Madang : Christensen Research Institute 268 pp. [Publication No. 9 of the Christensen Research Institute] [209]
Dekkers, W.J. 1975. Review of the Asiatic freshwater puffers of the genus Tetraodon Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces, Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 45(1): 87-142 figs 1-42 [116]
Hardy, G.S. 1981. New records of pufferfishes (family Tetraodontidae) from Australia and New Zealand, with notes on Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller and Troschel) and Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin). Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 1(20): 311-316 figs 1-2
Roberts, T.R. 1978. An ichthyological survey of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea with descriptions of new species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 281: 1-72 figs 1-39 [70]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Redstripe Toadfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |