Species Trachinops caudimaculatus McCoy, 1890

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• Trachinops caudimaculatus McCoy, F. 1890. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria. Decade 20. Melbourne : George Robertson Vol. 2 329-375 pls 191-200. [341, pl. 194].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV A.12898, Williamstown, Hobson's Bay, VIC.
• Pseudochromis rodwayi Johnston, R.M. 1902. New Tasmanian fish. Abstracts of Proceedings of Royal Society of Tasmania 1902: 6-7 [April 29th] [6] [description also appeared in a newspaper, the Hobart Mercury, 1 May 1902 [3] in minutes of meeting held on 29 April with description by Johnston, which may have predated formal publication according to McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [166]].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH (missing), George's Bay, TAS.

  Type locality references:

  Scott, E.O.G. 1978. Observations on some Tasmanian fishes. Part 24. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 112: 289-356 figs 1-3 [321].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [166]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Gulfs coast SA (135º00' E), Bass Strait coast VIC (146º50' E), Bass Strait and Tasmanian coast TAS; rare in SA; Temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, marine, pelagic, rock reef.

 

General References

Edgar, G.J., Last, P.R. & Wells, M.W. 1982. Coastal Fishes of Tasmania and Bass Strait. Hobart : Cat & Fiddle Press 175 pp. [70]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [52]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [146]

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [128]

Kuiter, R.H. 2004. Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. A comprehensive guide to selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 1, 216 pp. [206]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [348]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [166]

Mooi, R.D. 2008. Family Plesiopidae. pp.550-556 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [555]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (914)

 

Common Name References

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. [557] (Blotched-tailed Trachinops)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [146] (Southern Hulafish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Southern Hulafish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Nov-2012		19-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED