Species Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Bridled Leatherjacket, Golden-eyed Leatherjacket, Small Brown Leatherjacket
- Balistes spilomelanurus Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Chapter 8. Poissons. 183-328 pls 43-65 in Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris : Pillet Aîné Vol. 1 712 pp. 96 pls. [217].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP B.1973 (often listed as a syntype, but regarded as holotype by Beaunier et al. (2008) and B.1972, B.1976 and B.1978 regarded as non-types), Port Jackson. - Aleuteres maculosus Richardson, J. 1840. On some new species of fishes from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 25-30 [28].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Port Arthur, TAS. - Aleuteres paragaudatus Richardson, J. 1840. On some new species of fishes from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 25-30 [28] [often attributed to Richardson, J. 1846. Ichthyology. pp. 53–74 pls 31–41, 43–44 & 53 (part) in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 pp. 139. p. 66, pl. 39, figs 1-4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1856.9.19.1336, Port Arthur, TAS and Port Jackson, NSW. - Monacanthus forsteri Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [204].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Melbourne, VIC
Comment: based on only one specimen and holotype possibly in MNHP B.2044 or NMV 51853; see Beaunier et al. 2008.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hutchins, J.B. 1977. Descriptions of three new genera and eight new species of monacanthid fishes from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 5(1): 3-58 figs 1-13 [54]
Generic Combinations
- Cantherhines forsteri (Castelnau, 1872). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [420] - Meuschenia maculosa (Richardson, 1840). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [417] - Tobinia maculosa (Richardson, 1840). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [58] - Tobina spilomelanura (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [misspelling of Tobinia]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [58] (2341, changed combination cited) - Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). —
Hutchins, J.B. 1977. Descriptions of three new genera and eight new species of monacanthid fishes from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 5(1): 3-58 figs 1-13 [54] - Cantherhines spilomelanurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [418]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Port Stephens, NSW (32°41'S) to north of Jurien Bay, WA (30°08'S) and 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, inshore, rock reef, seagrass.
Extra Ecological Information
0-10 m.
General References
Beaunier, M., Desoutter-Meniger, M. & Pruvost, P. 2008. Révision critique d'un catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Historie naturelle. Familles des Triacanthidae, Balistidae et Monacanthidae. Cybium 32(4): 285-308 [291]
Hutchins, J.B. 1994. Family Monacanthidae. pp. 866-891 figs 767-787 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. [869]
Hutchins, J.B. 2008. Family Monacanthidae. pp. 822-841 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [825]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [418] (as Cantherhines spilomelanurus, p. 417 as Meuschenia maculosa and p. 420 as Cantherines forsteri)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [58] (2341 as Tobina spilomelanura and 2340 as Tobinia maculosa)
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. [497] (Bridled Leatherjacket, Golden-eyed Leatherjacket, Small Brown Leatherjacket)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bridled Leatherjacket)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |