Species Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
Rusty Flathead, Japanese Flathead
- Platycephalus japonicus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 4 518 pp. pls 72-99. [256] [ex Tilesius: Platycephalus japonicus was first used in Tilesius 1814 but was given only in cyrillic letters].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Nagasaki, Japan. - Silurus imberbis Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Pisces. pp. 1126-1516 in Linnaeus, C. (ed.). Systema Naturae. Leiden : Delamollière Vol. 1 Pt 3. [1361] [replacement for Silurus inermis Houttuyn 1782, preoccupied by Silurus inermis Linnaeus 1766; although a senior synonym of Inegocia japonica (Cuvier 1829), Imamura & Nagao (2011) proposed to suppress S. imberbis Gmelin 1789 by "reversal of precedence" in favour of I. japonica].
Secondary source:
Houttuyn, M. 1782. Beschryving van eenige Japanische visschen en andere zeeschepselen. Verhandelingen uitgegeeven door de Hollandse Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 20(2): 311-350 [338]; Imamura, H. & Nagao, T. 2011. Silurus imberbis Gmelin 1789, a senior synonym of the platycephalid Inegocia japonica (Cuvier 1829), with a proposal to suppress the name. Ichthyological Research 58: 166–169 [166]; 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 [317] (formerly designated a nomen obllitum). - Platycephalus japonicus Tilesius, W.G. von 1814. Atlas zur Reise um die Welt, unternommen auf Befehl Seiner Kaiserlichen Majestät Alexander des Ersten auf den Schiffen Nadeshda und Neva unter dem Commando des Captains von Krusenstern. Atlas. St Petersburg. Pls. 1-106. [Pl. 59 (fig. 1)] [not available, as name was given in cyrillic letters only].
- Platycephalus isacanthus Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1829. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 4 518 pp. pls 72-99. [246].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 0000-5248, Bourou, Indonesia; MNHP 0000-6854, Waigeo, Indonesia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [937] (Platycephalus isacanthus as a synonym of Inegocia japonica (Cuvier 1829) with author as Tilesius 1812)
- Imamura, H. & Yoshino, Y. 2009. Authorship and validity of two flatheads, Platycephalus japonicus and Platycephalus crocodilus (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Ichthyological Research 56: 308-313 [309]
- Imamura, H. & Nagao, T. 2011. Silurus imberbis Gmelin 1789, a senior synonym of the platycephalid Inegocia japonica (Cuvier 1829), with a proposal to suppress the name. Ichthyological Research 58: 166–169 [166]
Generic Combinations
- Insidiator isacanthus (Cuvier, 1829). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [404] - Levanaora isacanthus (Cuvier, 1829). —
Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 11-15 [95] (changed combination as type of genus Levanaora) - Suggrundus isacanthus (Cuvier, 1829). —
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. [116] - Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829). —
Masuda, H., Araga, C. & Yoshino, T. 1975. Coastal Fishes of Southern Japan. Tokyo : Tokai Univ. Press 382 pp. 11 figs 143 pls. [342]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Inegocia harrisii (McCulloch, 1914) [in part, the paralectotype AMS I.12765 of Inegocia harrissi (McCulloch 1914) was re-identified as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier 1829) by Imamura & Yoshino 2009].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Fremantle, WA (32º03´S) to Moreton Bay, QLD (27º25´S), also Rowley Shoals, WA (17º32'S) and Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12º15'S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
- Blaber, S.J.M., Brewer, D.T. & Harris, A.N. 1994. Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45(3): 375-396, figs 1-7 [392] (as Suggrundus japonicus and S. isacanthus)
- Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [28]
- Hutchins, J.B. 2003. Checklist of marine fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. pp. 453-478 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., & Jones, D.S. (eds). Proceedings of the Eleventh International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [463]
- 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) [315]
- 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 [90]
- Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105 [91]
- Russell, B.C. & Houston, W. 1989. Offshore fishes of the Arafura Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 6(1): 69-84 [81]
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
5-85 m.
General References
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. [52] (as Suggrundus japonica)
Imamura, H. 1996. Phylogeny of the family Platycephalidae and related taxa (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Species Diversity 1(2): 123-233 [207]
Imamura, H. & Yoshino, Y. 2009. Authorship and validity of two flatheads, Platycephalus japonicus and Platycephalus crocodilus (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Ichthyological Research 56: 308-313 [310]
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [729]
Keenan, C.P. 1991. Phylogeny of Australian species of flatheads (Teleostei, Platycephalidae) as determined by allozyme electrophoresis. Journal of Fish Biology 39(Supplement A): 237-249 [238]
Knapp, L.W. 1992. Status of type specimens of Platycephalus rodericensis Cuvier, 1829 and P. borboniensis Cuvier, 1829 (Pisces: Platycephalidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(2): 389-392 [391]
Knapp, L.W. 1999. Family Platycepalidae. pp. 2385-2421 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. [2402]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [404] (as Insidiator isacanthus)
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. [467] (with author as Tilesius 1812)
Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Platycephalidae. pp. 933-948 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. [937]
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. [118] (as Suggrundus japonicus and p. 116 as Suggrundus isacanthus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [57] (2256, as Levanaora isacanthus)
Common Name References
Knapp, L.W. 1999. Family Platycepalidae. pp. 2385-2421 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. (FAO) (Japanese Flathead)
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. [118] (Rusty Flathead, Japanese Flathead)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Rusty Flathead)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2015 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 05-May-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |