Species Zenarchopterus gilli Smith, 1945
Shortnose River Garfish, Short-nosed River Halfbeak, Shortnose River Halfbeak, Viviparous Halfbeak
- Zenarchopterus gilli Smith, H.M. 1945. The fresh-water fishes of Siam, or Thailand. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 188: 1-622 figs 1-107 pls 1-9 [432] [nom. nov. for Hemirhamphus brevirostris Günther, 1866].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (Replacement name for Hemirhamphus brevirostris Günther 1866, preoccupied by Hemirhamphus brevirostris Cuvier 1829.), East Indies. - Hemirhamphus brevirostris Günther, A. 1866. Catalogue of the Fishes of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 6 368 pp. [274] [junior homonym of Hemiramphus brevirostris Cuvier, 1829].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, East Indies. - Zenarchopterus kneri Fowler, H.W. 1934. Descriptions of new fishes obtained in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 85: 233-367 figs 1-115 [325] [non. nov. for Hemiramphus brevirostris Günther, 1866; name predates gilli, but we follow Collette (2004) here in retaining the name gilli].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Collette, B.B. 1974. The garfishes (Hemiramphidae) of Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 29(2): 11-105 figs 1-23 [96]
- Collette, B.B. 2004. Family Hemiramphidae Gill 1859 — halfbeaks. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 22: 1-35 [21]
Generic Combinations
- Zenarchopterus kneri Fowler, 1934. —
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663 [297]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Zenarchopterus dipar (Valenciennes, 1847) [misidentification]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1932. Fishes. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(9): 267-316 figs 1-5 pls 1-4 [277] (Lowe Isles)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [39] (580, in part, Lowe Isles record)
Introduction
Fowler (1934) replaced Hemirhamphus brevirostris Günther 1866 before Smith (1945), but the name proposed by Fowler was not used until recently (Kottelat 2013). We follow Collette (2004) in use of the name Z. gilli who argued that the name "has been widely accepted and should continue to be used for this species". Technically the name kneri has priority, which was followed by Kottelat (2013)..
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Sunday Island, WA (16°26'S, 123°11'E) to Whitsunday Island, QLD (20°16S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK)
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, inshore, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth range: 0-10 m.
General References
Allen, G.R. 1996. New records of reef and shore fishes from northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 109-112 [110]
Collette, B.B. 1974. The garfishes (Hemiramphidae) of Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 29(2): 11-105 figs 1-23 [96]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [24]
Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [350]
Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates & D.F. Hoese 2006. Hemiramphidae. pp. 732-739 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. [739]
Taylor, W.R. 1964. Fishes of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4: 44-307 figs 1-68
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [164] (Shortnose River Halfbeak)
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Short-nosed River Halfbeak, Viviparous Halfbeak)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Shortnose River Garfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | BELONIFORMES | 20-Jun-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |