Genus Tylosurus Cocco, 1833

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External Links

• Tylosurus Cocco, A. 1833. Su di alcuni pesci de'mari di Messina. Giornale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti per la Sicilia (Palermo) 42(124): 9-21 pl. [18].

  Type species:

   Tylosurus cantrainei Cocco, 1833 by monotypy.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

BELONIDAE: Tylosurus depressus (Poey, 1851) [name now regarded as a synonym of Tylosurus timucu Walbaun, 1792, confined to the Western Atlantic; record based on Günther 1866 from Western Australia, based on misidentified Platybelone argalus] — Collette, B.B. 2003. Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1832 — needlefishes. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 16: 1-22 [9]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal, tropical, subtropical

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Gulf Coastal (GUC), Jarrah Forest (JF), South East Corner (SEC) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

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

Collette, B.B. 1999. Family Belonidae. pp. 2151-2161 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	BELONIFORMES	20-Oct-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED