Species Toxotes lorentzi Weber, 1910
Primitive Archerfish, Lorentz's Archerfish, Primitive Archer Fish
- Toxotes lorentzi Weber, M. 1910. Neue Fische aus Niederländisch Süd-Neu-Guinea. Notes from the Leyden Museum 32(4): 225-240 fig. 3 [232].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMA 112.449, Merauke, Irian Jaya.
Paralectotype(s) ZMA 114451.Subsequent designation references:
Allen, G.R. 1978. A review of the archerfishes (family Toxotidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 355-378 figs 1-11 [372].
Generic Combinations
- Protoxotes lorentzi (Weber, 1910). —
Whitley, G.P. 1950. Studies in Ichthyology No. 14. Records of the Australian Museum 22(3): 234-245 figs 1-5 pl. 17 [244] (changed combination as type of genus Prototoxotes)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Yam Creek, Daly River system (130°41'E) to Sawcut, Deaf Adder, and Baroalba creeks, South Alligator River system (132°25'E), NT; tropical, New Guinea (south central region).
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution References
- Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1063]
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
Extra Ecological Information
Often in upper reaches of rivers
General References
Allen, G.R. 1978. A review of the archerfishes (family Toxotidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 355-378 figs 1-11
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [64] (as Protoxotes lorentzi)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1278, as Protoxotes lorentzi)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [182] (Lorentz's Archerfish)
Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [59] (Primitive Archerfish)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [263] (Primitive Archer Fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Primitive Archerfish)
History of changes
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30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |