Species Siphamia cuneiceps Whitley, 1941
Wedgehead Siphonfish, Siphon Fish, Wedge-headed Siphon-fish
- Siphamia cuneiceps Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. The Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1-50 figs 1-32 pls 1-2 [29, fig. 20].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.1016 largest, Fraser Island, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM IB.1016.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Siphamia cuniceps Whitley, 1941 [misspelling of species name]. —
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [557]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Woodman Point (32º08´S) to NE of Exmouth (25º51´S), WA, Darwin, NT, and Torres Strait (10º18'S) to Moreton Bay (27º20'S), QLD; tropical-temperate, east Indo-west Pacific (Papua New Guinea)
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [318]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [114]
Ecological Descriptors
Inshore, marine, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
1-30 m.
General References
Gon, O. & Allen, G.R. 2012. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 3294: 1-84 [31]
Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203 [201]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [138] (875)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [557] (as Siphamia cuniceps)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [43] (974)
Common Name References
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [138] (Wedge-headed Siphon-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Wedgehead Siphonfish)
Whitley, G.P. 1941. Ichthyological notes and illustrations. The Australian Zoologist 10(1): 1-50 figs 1-32 pls 1-2 [29] (Siphon Fish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2021 | APOGONIDAE | 28-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 09-Jan-2014 | APOGONIDAE | 13-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 12-Dec-2012 | 12-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |