Species Triacanthus nieuhofi Bleeker, 1852
Silver Tripodfish
- Triacanthus nieuhofi Bleeker, P. 1852. Bijdrage tot de kennis der Balistini en Ostraciones van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 24: 1-38 [26, pl. 4(fig. 9)] [described subsequently in Bleeker, P. 1852. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Banka. Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 3: 443-460 [459]].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 5873 (based on one specimen, but literature synonymy given)
Comment: A Lectotype RMNH 25402, Sibogha, western Sumatra and Paralectotypes BMNH 1867.11.28.83; MNHP 5873; RMNH 7264; NMV A882.were designated by Tyler (1968: 280) believing that other Bleeker paper was the first description, but see Beaunier et al. (2008).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Broome (17º58'S) to Admiralty Gulf (126º01'S), WA; Tropical, west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, silt bottom-marine.
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 [294]
Matsuura, K. 2001. Triacanthodidae, Triacanthidae, Balistidae. pp. 3902-3928 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3908]
Tyler, J.C. 1968. A monograph on plectognath fishes of the superfamily Triacanthoidea. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 1-364 figs 1-209 [275]
Common Name References
Matsuura, K. 2001. Triacanthodidae, Triacanthidae, Balistidae. pp. 3902-3928 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3908] (Silver Tripodfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Silver Tripodfish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |