![]() ![]() Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. (eds) The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 56(1): 14-24 Fishes from fresh and brackish waters of islands in Torres Strait, far north Queensland. ![]() Hitchcock, G., Finn, M.A., Burrows, D.W., & Johnson, J.W. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. Trichodinids (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) from Native and Exotic Australian Freshwater Fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 453-462 (as Scatophagus aetatevarians) See ref. ![]() Brisbane Courier 1882(3 June): 5 (as Scatophagus semistrigatus) See ref. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 3(1): 41-51 (as Scatophagus altermans)ĭe Vis, C.W. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.Ĭastelnau, F.L. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp.Īllen, G.R. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846) ReferencesĪllen, G.R. Type locality: King George Sound, Western Australia (probably in error as it is outside the known distribution of this species). Scatophagus multifasciatus Richardson, 1846, Zool. The fin spines are venomous and cause painful wounds. Often taken by recreational anglers in estuaries. Little is known of the reproductive biology of this species. Omnivorous, feeding on small benthic invertebrates and detritus. Greenish or silvery with numerous dark, vertical bars on upper sides and spots, usually smaller than eye, more or less arranged in vertical rows on lower side lips black posterior edge of caudal fin and soft portions of anal and dorsal fins with a narrow black margin which disappear in specimens larger than about 6 cm standard length. Caudal fin from rounded (in juveniles) to truncate posterior margin of soft portions of dorsal and anal fins oblique. Scales small, ctenoid covering head, body, caudal fin, and soft parts of anal and dorsal fins lateral line distinct following back profile.įirst dorsal-fin spine procumbent, a deep notch between spinous and soft parts of dorsal fin. Teeth villiform, in several rows on jaws gill membrane not forming a free fold across isthmus. Mouth small, horizontal, not protractile. Eye moderately large, its diameter somewhat smaller than snout length. Juveniles commonly enter freshwater streams, while adults often form schools over sandy areas in estuaries and river mouths.ĭorsal fin XII, 16 Anal fin IV, 15-16 Pectoral fin 17 Pelvic fin I, 5.īody quadrangular, strongly compressed. Inhabits bays, estuaries, mangrove creeks and the lower reaches of freshwater rivers and streams. ![]() Elsewhere the species occurs in the west Pacific - Sulawesi, New Guinea and New Caledonia. Widespread in northern Australia from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Sydney, New South Wales. Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson 1846) More Info ![]()
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