Species Wattsia mossambica (Smith, 1957)

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External Links

• Gnathodentex mossambicus Smith, J.L.B. 1957. Deep-line fishing in northern Mozambique, with the description of a new pentapodid fish. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 121-124, pl. [122].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAIAB 439, Mozambique.
  Paratype(s) SAIAB.

 

Generic Combinations

• Wattsia mossambica (Smith, 1957). —
  Chan, W.L. & Chilvers, R.M. 1974. A revision of the Indo-Pacific spariform percoids of the Monotaxinae, with the description of a new genus Wattsia. Hong Kong Fisheries Bulletin 4: 85-95 [85] (changed combination as type of genus Wattsia)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North West Shelf, WA (18°00'S) to north-west of Darwin, Timor Sea (9°55'S, 129°34'E), and off Ribbon Reefs, QLD (14°40'S) to off Ballina, NSW (28°31'S); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northeast Transition (19), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

100–300 m.

 

General References

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3050]

Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp. [93]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [517]

 

Common Name References

Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp. [93] (FAO) (Mozambique Large-eye Bream)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Dec-2012		01-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED