Capricorn Hardyhead, Atherinomorus capricornensis (Woodland 1961)

Other Names: Capricorn Silverside

Capricorn Hardyhead, Atherinomorus capricornensis. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

Although Kimura et al. (2007) regard Atherinomorus capricornensisis as a synonym of Atherinomorus lacunosus, it is tentatively retained here following information from Walter Ivantsoff.

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Bray, D.J., Atherinomorus capricornensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4628

Capricorn Hardyhead, Atherinomorus capricornensis (Woodland 1961)

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Distribution	Great Barrier Reef, Queensland; records from the Northern Territory are likely to be misidentifications of other species.
Species Citation	Pranesus capricornensis Woodland 1961, Pac. Sci. 15(4): 540, fig. 1. Type locality: Heron Island, QLD.
Author	Bray, D.J.
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Capricorn Hardyhead, Atherinomorus capricornensis (Woodland 1961)

References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp.

Ivantsoff, W. & Crowley, L.E.L.M. 1991. Review of the Australian silverside fishes of the genus Atherinomorus (Atherinidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 479-505 figs 1-5

Ivantsoff, W. & Crowley, L.E.L.M. 1999. Atherinidae. pp. 2113-2139 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.

Kimura, S., Golani, D., Iwatsuki, Y., Tabuchi, M. & Yoshino, T. 2007. Redescriptions of the Indo-Pacific atherinid fishes Atherinomorus forskalii, Atherinomorus lacunosus, and Atherinomorus pinguis. Ichthyological Research 54(2): 145-159 (p. 50 - regard A. capricornis as a junior synonym of A. lacunosus)
Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2

Woodland, D.J. 1961. Description of a new species of Pranesus (Atherinidae : Pisces) from the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef. Pacific Science 15(4): 540-541 fig. 1