Southern Herring Smelt, Glossanodon australis Kobyliansky 1998
Southern Herring Smelt, Glossanodon australis. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A herring smelt with a dark longitudinal stripe along the midline above the lateral line, and a pigmented throat region.
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Dianne J. Bray, Glossanodon australis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3627
Southern Herring Smelt, Glossanodon australis Kobyliansky 1998
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Distribution |
Coral Sea ff Raine Island, Queensland, to south-east of Crowdy Head, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, west Pacific. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 11-12; Anal fin 10-11; Pectoral fin 24; Pelvic fin 13-14; Gill rakers 35-39; Vertebrae 50; Teeth on tongue 0-2. Dentition on lower jaw - a few teeth centrally, teeth absent near symphysis and angle of gape. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Southern Herring Smelt, Glossanodon australis Kobyliansky 1998
References
Endo, H. & Nashida, K. 2010. Glossanodon kotakamaru, a new argentine fish from southern Japan (Protacanthopterygii: Argentinidae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement 4: 119-127.
Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4: 341-463.
Kobyliansky, S.G. 1998. Four new Indo-Pacific species and a new key to species of the genus Glossanodon (Argentinidae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 38(6): 725-736. [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology 38(9): 697-707.]
