• Tosana Smith, H.M. & Pope, T.E.B. 1906. List of fishes collected in Japan in 1903, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 31(1489): 459-499 figs 1-12 [470].

  Type species:

   Tosana niwae Smith & Pope, 1906 by original designation.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

SERRANIDAE: Tosana niwae Smith & Pope, 1906 — Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Johnson, J.W. & Tea, Y.-K. 2021. Three new species of Australian anthiadine fishes, with comments on the monophyly of Pseudanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4996(1): 49-82 (apparently restricted to north-west Pacific (China and Japan))

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Anderson, W.D. Jr. 2018. Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4475(1): 1-62

Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Johnson, J.W. & Tea, Y.-K. 2021. Three new species of Australian anthiadine fishes, with comments on the monophyly of Pseudanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4996(1): 49-82

Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal Fishes of Oman. Bathurst : Crawford House Publishing 439 pp.

History of changes

• Tosana dampieriensis Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Johnson, J.W. & Tea, Y.-K. 2021. Three new species of Australian anthiadine fishes, with comments on the monophyly of Pseudanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4996(1): 49-82 [69, figs 8–10].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV A.29686-007, north of Cape Keraudren [18°25.52′S, 120°05.92′E to 18°26.20′S, 120°06.50′E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO H 6454-05, west of Exmouth Gulf [21°58.70′S, 113°49.20′E to 21°59.05′S, 113°49.20′E]; CSIRO H 8279-02, north of Dampier Archipelago [19°56.74′S, 116°39.40′E to 19°56.92′S].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Exmouth Gulf (21°58.70′S, 113°49.20′E to 21°59.05′S, 113°49.20′E) northwards to off Broome (18°25.52′S, 120°05.92′E), possibly to NT; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

66-177 m.

Common Name References

Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Johnson, J.W. & Tea, Y.-K. 2021. Three new species of Australian anthiadine fishes, with comments on the monophyly of Pseudanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4996(1): 49-82 [69] (Dampierian Threadtail Anthias)

History of changes

• Tosana longipinnis Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Johnson, J.W. & Tea, Y.-K. 2021. Three new species of Australian anthiadine fishes, with comments on the monophyly of Pseudanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4996(1): 49-82 [63, figs 6– 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H 7276-06, Swains Reefs [22°17.27′S, 153°17.70′E to 22°11.11′S, 153°13.47′E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.25802-015; AM I.25803-004; AM I.25810-003; AM I.25812-009; AM I.33445-001; AM I.34445-002; AM I.36256-002; AM I.37476-001; AM I.37602-001; AM I.38088-012; CSIRO H 800-1; CSIRO H 6247-08; CSIRO H 6247-09; CSIRO H 7276-07; CSIRO H 7578-01; QM I.32696; QM I.38645; QM I.38970; QM I.38972; QM I.38974; QM I.38976; QM I.41020.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Tosana cf. niwae. —
  Last, P.R., Pogonoski, J.J., Gledhill, D.C. White, W.T. & Walker, C.J. 2014. The deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea. Zootaxa 3887 (2): 191–224 [217]

Introduction

Previously the species was recorded as Tosana niwae in earlier versions of the AFD. However, records from the Northern Territory have not been confirmed and those probably refer to T. dampieriensis

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Western Coral and Tasman Seas, from about 18–33°S; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

62–228 m,

Common Name References

Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Johnson, J.W. & Tea, Y.-K. 2021. Three new species of Australian anthiadine fishes, with comments on the monophyly of Pseudanthias Bleeker (Teleostei: Serranidae). Zootaxa 4996(1): 49-82 [63] (Longfin Threadtail Anthias)

History of changes