McCulloch's Bandfish, Owstonia maccullochi Whitley 1934

Other Names: Crimson Perch

McCulloch's Bandfish, Owstonia maccullochi. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A bandfish with a prominent black stripe on the membrane connecting the maxilla and premaxilla (upper jaw bones) that extends to near the anterior end of the ascending process of the premaxilla. The inner membrane covering the posterior part of the dentary is also black. Life coloration unknown.

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Bray, D.J. 2017, Owstonia maccullochi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2370

McCulloch's Bandfish, Owstonia maccullochi Whitley 1934

More Info

Distribution	Endemic to eastern Australia, from NE of Townsville, Queensland, to off Sydney, New South Wales (latitudes ~18°-34°S); trawled in depths of ~ 220‒348 m.
Colour	Adults with dorsal fin uniformly pale; membrane connecting maxilla and premaxilla with prominent black stripe extending to near anterior end of ascending process, and inner membrane covering posterior part of dentary also black. Life coloration unknown.
Etymology	Named for the Australian ichthyologist Allan R. McCulloch (1885–1925).
Species Citation	Owstonia maccullochi Whitley 1934, Supplement to check-list fishes of New South Wales: 12th unnumbered page. Type locality: east of Sydney, New South Wales.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

McCulloch's Bandfish, Owstonia maccullochi Whitley 1934

References

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Liao, Y.-C., Reyes, R.B., Jr. & Shao, K.-T. 2009. A new bandfish, Owstonia sarmiento (Pisces: Perciformes: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae), from the Philippines with a key to the species of the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57: 521-515 (as a synonym of Owstonia totomiensis).

Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp.

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 2001. Cepolidae. pp. 3331-3332 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Smith-Vaniz, W.F. & Johnson, G.D. 2016. Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa 4187(1): 1–103. PDF Open access

Whitley, G.P. 1934. Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. 12 unnumbered pages in McCulloch, A.R. (ed.) The Fishes and Fish-like Animals of New South Wales. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 104 pp. 43 pls.

Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9: 397‒428.