Species Xenojulis margaritacea (Macleay, 1883)

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External Links

• Platyglossus margaritaceus Macleay, W.J. 1883. Contribution to the knowledge of the fishes of New Guinea. No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 252-280 [274].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.21971–001 (ex MAMU F940 (F537)), Hood Bay, Port Moresby, New Guinea.
• Halichoeres macleayi Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1906. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1905 25: 173-455 figs 1-111 pls 33-53 [303] [nom. nov. for Platyglossus margaritaceus Macleay, 1883, an anticipated secondary homonym of Julis margaritaceus Valenciennes, a species of Halichoeres].
• Xenojulis montillai de Beaufort, L.F. 1939. Xenojulis, a new genus of labroid fishes. Philippine Journal of Science 69(4): 415-419 figs 1-3 [417, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype BSMP 13050 (destroyed in WWII), Barrio Paraoir, Balawan, La Union Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 68: 1-97 [47]

 

Generic Combinations

• Xenojulis margaritacea (Macleay, 1883). —
  Munro, I.S.R. 1967. The Fishes of New Guinea. Port Moresby : Dept. Agric. Stock Fish. 651 pp. 23 figs 84 pls. [423]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Xenojulis margaritaceus Macleay, 1883 [treatment in frequent usage of species name as a noun]. —
  Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 68: 1-97 [47]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ningaloo Reef to Cassini Island, WA (13°56`0"S, 125°37`8"E); tropical, west Pacific (New Guinea and Philippines).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

1 - 15 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [192]

Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006. Labridae: Labrinae. pp. 1368-1418 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. [1417]

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [725]

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. [118]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270 [269]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [39]

Kuiter, R.H. 2010. Labridae fishes: wrasses. Seaford, Victoria, Australia : Aquatic Photographics pp. 398. [276]

Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 68: 1-97 [47]

Randall, J.E. & Adamson, T.A. 1982. A review of the monotypic Indo-Malayan labrid fish genus Xenojulis. Pacific Science 36(1): 119-123 figs 1-4

Westneat, M.W. 2001. Labridae. pp. 3381-3467 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. [3464]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications. [2416] (Pink Speckled Wrasse)

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. [118] (Pearly Rainbowfish)

Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and their Relatives. Chorleywood, U.K. : TMC Publishing 207 pp. [148] (Pearly Weed-wrasse)

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

Westneat, M.W. 2001. Labridae. pp. 3381-3467 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. [3464] (FAO) (Finspot Wrasse)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	LABROIDEI	27-Jun-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED