Longfin Beach Salmon, Leptobrama pectoralis (Ramsay & Ogilby 1887)
Leptobrama pectoralis. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A bluish-silver beach salmon becoming brilliant silver below, with a black spot on the tip of the snout, dusky fins and no black spot distally on anterior part of the dorsal fin.
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Bray, D.J. 2016, Leptobrama pectoralis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5253
Longfin Beach Salmon, Leptobrama pectoralis (Ramsay & Ogilby 1887)
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Distribution |
Known from the Adelaide River, Northern Territory, southeastwards to Moreton Bay, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in southern New Guinea. The Longfin Beach Salmon is pelagic off sandy beaches and in the lower reaches of rivers. |
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Features |
Head length 22.2–25.8 % SL; snout length 16.9–22.6 % HL; upper jaw length 61.8–66.1 % HL; vomerine tooth patch rounded, tip of pectoral fin extending beyond level of tip of appressed pelvic fin; total gill rakers 6–12; scale rows below lateral line 15–18; lateral line steeply curved anteriorly (Kimura et al 2016). |
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Species Citation |
Neopempheris pectoralis Ramsay & Ogilby 1887, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 2 2(3): 563. Type locality: Aird River, southern Papua New Guinea. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2016 |
Longfin Beach Salmon, Leptobrama pectoralis (Ramsay & Ogilby 1887)
References
Kimura, S., Peristiwady, T. & Fricke, R. 2016. Taxonomic review of the genusLeptobrama Steindachner 1878 (Perciformes: Leptobramidae), with the resurrection of Leptobrama pectoralis(Ramsay and Ogilby 1887). Ichthyological Research 63:435-444. DOI 10.1007/s10228-016-0511-1
Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1887. Descriptions of new Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2(3): 561-564.
