Common Hardyhead, Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
Other Names: Hardyhead, Marine Hardyhead, Ogilby's Hardyhead, Ogilby's Silverside
A Common Hardyhead, Atherinomorus vaigiensis, in Camp Cove, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, September 2017. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A relatively deep-bodied silvery-bluish-green hardyhead, with dark pectoral-fin tips, and a dark margin on the rear of the caudal fin, and a narrow silvery midlateral band. The rear tip of the upper jaw does not extending beyond a vertical through the anterior margin of the pupil.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Atherinomorus vaigiensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4631
Common Hardyhead, Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
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Distribution |
Flinders Bay, Western Australia, to about Darwin, Northern Territory, and off Bowen, Queensland, to Narooma, New South Wales. Forms schools in shallow sheltered bays, estuaries and coastal areas. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI-VIII, 8-10; Anal fin I, 12-15; Vertebrae 40-43; midlateral scale count 39-42. Upper margin of dentary slightly ascending distally, without a distinct tubercle at the posterior end; posterior tip of upper jaw not extending beyond a vertical through anterior margin of pupil; midlateral scale count 39-42; midlateral band narrow, width about 2/3 to 5/6 that of midlateral scale at level of anal fin origin. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on a range of small crustaceans (amphipods, copepods, isopods, crab and barnacle larvae), polychaete worms, gastropod molluscs, insects and insect larvae, foraminiferans, and plant matter. |
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Etymology |
The species is named vaigiensis for the type locality, Waigiou (Waigeo Island), Indonesia, the main island in Raja Ampat. |
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Species Citation |
Atherina vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard 1825, Voyage autour du monde:335. Type locality: Waigiou (= Waigeo, Indonesia); probably erroneous as the species is an Australian endemic. Kimura et al. (2001) noted that the type specimen is much shorter than the length given in the original description, and that species is not known from Indonesia. They suggested that the specimen probably came from Sydney, New South Wales, or Shark Bay, Western Australia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Common Hardyhead, Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
References
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