- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- POMACENTRIDAE
- Parma
- mccullochi
McCulloch's Scalyfin, Parma mccullochi Whitley 1929
Other Names: Common Scalyfin, Mcculloch's Parma, Mccullochs Scalyfin

McCulloch's Scalyfin, Parma mccullochi, at the wreck of the HMAS Swan, Geographe Bay, Western Australia, April 2006. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Parma mccullochi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 31 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2327
McCulloch's Scalyfin, Parma mccullochi Whitley 1929
More Info
Distribution |
Endemic to Western Australia, from the Recherche Archipelago to Kalbarri. |
Species Citation |
Parma mccullochi Whitley 1929, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 228. Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
Resources |
McCulloch's Scalyfin, Parma mccullochi Whitley 1929
References
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Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Pomacentridae. pp. 668-675, figs 586-591 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
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Saunders, B.J., Harvey, E.S. & Kendrick, G.A. 2014. Factors influencing and habitat associations in an endemic group of temperate Western Australian reef fishes over a latitudinal gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series 517: 193-208. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11000
Whitley, G.P. 1929. Some fishes of the order Amphiprioniformes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 207-246 figs 1-4 pls 27-28