Species Trichonotus elegans Shimada & Yoshino, 1984

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trichonotus elegans Shimada, K. & Yoshino, T. 1984. A new trichonotid fish from the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 31(1): 15-19 figs 1-4 [15, figs 1-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype URM P.6413 (Depth about 20 meters), Okinawa, Japan [24°28'N, 123°49'E].
  Paratype(s) FAKU 107000–107001 (2 specimens); NSMT P.23035-36 (2 specimens); URM P.6403; URM 6405; URM 6407; URM 6410-12 (3 specimens).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cartier Island and Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea and Lizard Island and off Hinchinbrook Island, QLD; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 1-40 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [222]

Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Trichonotidae. pp. 1495-1496 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1496]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [40]

Nelson, J.S. 2001. Trichonotidae, Creediidae, Percophidae. pp. 3511-3516 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. [3512]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [358]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [222] (Elegant Sand-diver)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Elegant Sand Diver)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Oct-2015	TRACHINOIDEI	02-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
22-Sep-2011		22-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED