Species Trixiphichthys weberi (Chaudhuri, 1910)

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• Triacanthus weberi Chaudhuri, B.L. 1910. Triacanthus weberi, sp. nov. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ns 6(9): 497-501 pl. 32 [497, pl. 32].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1910.9.7.6, off Gopalpu, Orissa, India.
  Paralectotype(s) ZSI F3507; ZSI 3511; ZSI 4058; ZSI 4072; ZSI 4078; ZSI 4080–82.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Tyler, J.C. 1968. A monograph on plectognath fishes of the superfamily Triacanthoidea. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 1-364 figs 1-209 [289].

 

Generic Combinations

• Triacanthus (Trixiphichthys) weberi (Chaudhuri, 1910). —
  Fraser-Brunner, A. 1941. Notes on the plectognath fishes. V. The families of triacanthiform fishes, with a synopsis of the genera and description of a new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 7(27): 420-430 figs 1-4 [430] (as type of subgenus)
• Trixiphichthys weberi (Chaudhuri, 1910). —
  Tyler, J.C. 1968. A monograph on plectognath fishes of the superfamily Triacanthoidea. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 1-364 figs 1-209 [284]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf, WA (19º40'S, 115º45'E) to Port Clinton, QLD (22º31'S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, silt 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. [236]

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. [148]

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. [283]

Matsuura, K. 2001. Triacanthodidae, Triacanthidae, Balistidae. pp. 3902-3928 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. [3910]

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. [300]

Tyler, J.C. 1968. A monograph on plectognath fishes of the superfamily Triacanthoidea. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 1-364 figs 1-209 [284]

 

Common Name References

Matsuura, K. 2001. Triacanthodidae, Triacanthidae, Balistidae. pp. 3902-3928 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. [3910] (Blacktip Tripodfish)

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. [300] (Long-nosed Tripodfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)