Deceitful Velvetfish, Peristrominous dolosus Whitley 1952
Other Names: Brown Carpet Fish
A Deceitful Velvetfish, Peristrominous dolosus, trawled off Cairns, Queensland, depth about 30 m. Source: Fenton Walsh / Cairns Marine. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A pale brown to reddish-brown velvetfish with darker marblings forming four indistinct bars along the back, variegated smoky-grey to brownish fins, pale tips on anterior dorsal spines, very dark pectoral and anal fins, and blue eyes surrounded by dusky radiating lines.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Peristrominous dolosus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1771
Deceitful Velvetfish, Peristrominous dolosus Whitley 1952
More Info
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Distribution |
Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, to the Brisbane River, Queensland. The species may occur in southern New Guinea. Inhabits inshore soft bottom areas. |
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Features |
Head bones heavily armoured; interorbital with a wide depression, pelvic fin inserted well behind pectoral-fin base. |
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Fisheries |
Taken as bycatch in trawl fisheries. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin dolosus (= deceitful), partly in reference to its camouflaging coloration and partly from the type-locality, Deception Bay. |
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Species Citation |
Peristrominous dolosus Whitley 1952, Records of the Australian Museum 23(1): 25, fig.1. Type locality: Deception Bay, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Deceitful Velvetfish, Peristrominous dolosus Whitley 1952
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.
Johnson, J.W. 2004. Two new species and two new records of aploactinid fishes (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 179-188 https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1421
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
Poss, S.G. 1999. Families Scorpaenidae, Caracanthidae, Aploactinidae. pp. 2291-2358 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Poss, S.G. & Eschmeyer, W.N. 1978. Two new Australian velvetfishes, genus Paraploactis (Scorpaeniformes : Aploactinidae) with a revision of the genus and comments on the genera and species of the Aploactinidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 41(18): 401-426 figs 1-14
Whitley, G.P. 1952. Two new scorpion fishes from Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 23(1): 25-28 figs 1-2 https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.23.1952.618
