Species Tilodon sexfasciatus (Richardson, 1842)
Moonlighter, Butterfish, Six-banded Coral Fish, Six-banded Coralfish, Six-banded Sweep
- Chaetodon sexfasciatus Richardson, J. 1842. Contributions to the ichthyology of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 10(62): 25-34 [26].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1840.12.9.59 skin, WA. - Chaetodon ocellipinnis Macleay, W.J. 1878. Descriptions of some new fishes from Port Jackson and King George's Sound. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 3(1): 33-37 pls 2-5 [33, pl. 3(1)].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.16351–001, King George Sound, WA. - Tilodon australis Thominot, A. 1881. Sur deux genres nouveaux de poissons faisant partie de la famille des Squammipennes et rapportés d'Australie par J. Verreaux. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 8: 140-142 [dated 1880] [140] [ex Guichenot MS].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Australia. - Vinculum kershawi Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [321].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.12168 (missing; based on specimen figured in McCulloch, A.R. 1914. Report on some fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part 2. Biological Results Endeavour 2(3): 77–165 figs 1–15 pls 13–34 [110, pl. 22]), Mordialloc, VIC.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Scorpididae. pp. 618-624, figs 544-624 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. [624]
- Hoese, D.F. in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. 2006. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing : Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178. [1326] (Tilodon australis and Vinculum kershawi)
Generic Combinations
- Vinculum ocellipinnis (Macleay, 1878). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [248]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [47] (1341) - Vinculum sexfasciatum (Richardson, 1842). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1914. Report on some fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part 2. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 2(3): 77-165 figs 1-15 pls 13-34 [110] (changed combination as type of genus Vinculum)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [248]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [47] (1340)
Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [42, 82]
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [380]
May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [319] - Tilodon sexfasciatus (Richardson, 1842). —
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [215]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Tilodon sexfasciatum Richardson, 1842 [mispelling of species name; genus is masculine and sexfasciatus is an adjective with the appropriate ending]. —
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [68, 133]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Walkerville, VIC (146°02'E) to Port Denison, WA (29°15'S) and northern TAS; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Distribution References
- Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6 [49]
- Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270 [264]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, inshore, marine, rock reef.
Extra Ecological Information
2-30 m.
General References
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Monodactylidae, Arripidae, Kyphosidae, Girellidae, Microcanthidae, Scorpididae. pp. 596-607 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [605]
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Scorpididae. pp. 618-624, figs 544-624 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. [624]
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [380] (as Vinculum sexfasciatum)
May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [319] (as Vinculum sexfasciatum)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [238] (as Tilodon australis and p. 248, as Vinculum sexfasciatum and Vinculum ocellipinnis)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1340, as Vinculum ocellipinnis, 1341, as Vinculum ocellipinnis and 1342, as Vinculum kershawi)
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [182] (Six-banded Sweep)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [624] (Moonlighter, Butterfish)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [380] (Six-banded Coralfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Moonlighter)
Thomson, J.M. 1978. A Field Guide to the Common Sea & Estuary Fishes of Non-tropical Australia. Sydney : Collins 144 pp. [123] (Six-banded Coral Fish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 25-Feb-2012 | 25-Feb-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Feb-2015 | 13-Feb-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Nov-2012 | 12-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |