Species Tetrosomus reipublicae (Whitley, 1930)
Smallspine Turretfish, Turret Fish, Turret-fish, Turretfish
- Triorus reipublicae Whitley, G.P. 1930. Ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 8-31 fig. 1 pl. 1 [27, pl. 1(2)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM I.1064 (it was assumed that Ogilby's use of name was a new name for Indo-Pacific material previously referred to as concatenatus and this specimen designated as lectotype, but other specimens also included, and the name was not available from Ogilby 1913 because no description or indication given), Moreton Bay, QLD; QM I.325, Moreton Bay, QLD; QM I.326, Moreton Bay, QLD; QM I.327, Papua New Guinea; AM A.5537-5542, Bondi, NSW; AM IA.4591, Port Jackson, NSW; AM IA.4592, Moreton Bay, QLD; AM I.4360, Lord Howe Island; AM I.7862, Lord Howe Island. - Lactophrys reipublicae Ogilby, J.D. 1913. Ichthyological notes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 2: 90-93 [92] [nom. nud.].
- Triorus pyxis Whitley, G.P. 1930. Ichthyological miscellanea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 8-31 fig. 1 pl. 1 [29].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.394, Cottesloe, WA.
Paratype(s) AM IA.395.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Matsuura, K. 2001. Ostraciidae, Aracanidae, Triodontidae, Tetraodontidae. pp. 3948-3957 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3951]
Generic Combinations
- Tetrosomus reipublicae (Whitley, 1930). —
Matsuura, K. & Tyler, J.C. 1997. Tetraodontiform fishes, mostly from deep waters, of New Caledonia. pp. 173-208 in Séret, B. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 17. Mémoires du Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle Series A (Zoologie) [1950-1992] 174: 1-213 [198] - Lactophrys reipublicae (Whitley, 1930). —
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [48] - Rhinesomus reipublicae (Whitley, 1930). —
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [508]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Tetrosomus concatenatus Bloch, 1786. —
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [471] - Triorus stellifer (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [an incertae sedis species, apparently from the Americas]. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [423] (regarded Lactophrys republicae as a junior synonym)
Introduction
There is some confusion over the correct name for this species. Matsuura (2001) regarded Tetrosomus concatenatus as a synonym of Lacrophrys triqueter from the Atlantic. However, other workers (e.g. Randall et al. 1990) apparently regarded the type locality as incorrect and regarded Tetrosomus reipublicae as a junior synonym of Tetrosomus concatenatus. Both names are in use and further work may alter the name used here.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Albany, WA (117°52'E) to Shark Bay, WA and north QLD to Jervis Bay, NSW (35°03'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [440] (as Triorus reipublicae)
- Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2 [168] (as Tetrosomus concatenatus)
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [235]
- 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 [153] (as Triorus rebuclicae)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, inshore, rock reef, seagrass.
General References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [244] (as Tetrosomus concatenatus)
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [1085] (as Tetrosomus concatenatus)
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [291, 362] (as Tetrosomus reipublicae (Ogilby, 1913))
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [508] (as Rhinesomus reipublicae)
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. (as Trioris republicae)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [414] (as Tetrosomus concatenatus)
Matsuura, K. 2001. Ostraciidae, Aracanidae, Triodontidae, Tetraodontidae. pp. 3948-3957 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3951] (the name Tetrosomus concatenatus (Bloch, 1786) has often been applied to this species, but that name is a junior synonym of the Atlantic species Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758))
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [471] (as Tetrosomus concatenatus)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [471] (as Tetrosomus concatenatus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [59] (2382, as Triorus reipublicae and 2383, as Triorus pyxis)
Common Name References
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [508] (Turret-fish)
Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [87] (as Triorus rebuclicae) (Turret Fish)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [414] (Turretfish)
Matsuura, K. 2001. Ostraciidae, Aracanidae, Triodontidae, Tetraodontidae. pp. 3948-3957 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3951] (Smallspine Turretfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Smallspine Turretfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |