Species Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 3 500 pp., pls 41-71. [107].

  Type data:

   Neotype MUFS 17997 (original type locality Japan), southwestern region of Nagasaki Bay, Kyushu Island, Japan [31°55'N, 128°11'E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Iwatsuki, Y., Matsuda, T., Starnes, W.C., Nakabo, T. & Yoshino, T. 2012. A valid priacanthid species, Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes 1862),and a redescription of P. niphonia (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829) in the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Priacanthidae). Zootaxa 3206: 41-57 [records from Australia based on image in] [50].

 

Generic Combinations

• Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829). —
  Starnes, W.C. 1988. Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 43(2): 117-203 [140]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From west of North West Cape (22º27´S) WA to off Newcastle (33º07´S) NSW; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine, rock bottom–marine.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [100] (image is based on specimen from Japan of Pristigenys refulgens, which is not known from Australia, but specimens in WAM are P. niphonia)

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [64] (image is based on specimen from Japan of Pristigenys refulgens, which is not known from Australia, but specimens in WAM are P. niphonia)

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [146]

Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 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. [2601]

 

Common Name References

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [146] (White-striped Big-eye)

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

Starnes, W.C. 1999. Family Priacanthidae. pp. 2590-2601 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. [2601] (Whiteband Bigeye)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Nov-2012		25-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED