Yelloweye Redfish, Centroberyx australis Shimizu & Hutchins 1987
A Yelloweye Redfish, Centroberyx australis. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
A deep-bodied species with a bright yellow eye and a white spot on each body scale forming narrow horizontal lines or stripes along the side; dorsal, anal and caudal fins reddish, with an intense broad red stripe on each caudal fi lobe; pectoral fins mostly transparent, pelvic fins whitish.
Yelloweye Redfish, Centroberyx australis Shimizu & Hutchins 1987
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Distribution |
SW of Coffin Bay, Great Australian Bight, South Australia, to Muiron Island off North West Cape, Western Australia. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI,13-14; Anal fin IV,12-13; Pectoral fin 13-15; Pelvic fin 1,7; Caudal fin rays iv, 1, 10, 9, 1, iv; Branchiostegal rays 8; Gill rakers 6-7 + 16-18; Scale rows around caudal peduncle 18-19; Lateral line scales 39-41; Scales above lateral line 8-9; Scales below lateral line 13-14; Scales from pelvic base to anus 7-9; Vertebrae 10 + 14. |
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Colour |
Head and body reddish orange, more silvery ventrally; each scale row appearing as a whitish longitudinal line; spines and rays of all fins pale reddish orange (noticeably darker in caudal), spine tips white, fin membranes trans- parent; posterior margin of caudal fin transparent; eye golden yellow, pupil black. Colour in ethanol: pale yellowish brown, more silvery on ventral half; eye yellowish to dusky. |
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Fisheries |
Taken by handline and bottom trawl. |
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Similar Species |
Differs from the closely related Centroberyx gerrardi, in having a higher lateral line count (39-41 vs 36-38 in C. gerrardi), in the nostril configuration (the nostrils are separated by a distance far greater than the diameter of the anterior nostril in C. gerrardi), in lacking the prominent white stripe along the lateral line of C. gerrardi, in having a yellow eye vs a red eye. C. affinis has a higher dorsal spine count (7 vs 6) and a red eye. In addition, the nostrils of C. affinis are considerably larger in size and almost touching one another. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin australis (= southern), in reference to its distribution in southern Australian waters. |
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Species Citation |
Centroberyx australis Shimizu & Hutchins 1987, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 48(1): 89, fig. 1. Type locality: off Ocean Reef, Western Australia, 31°47´S, 115°20´E. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Resources |
Yelloweye Redfish, Centroberyx australis Shimizu & Hutchins 1987
References
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Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp.
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Berycidae. pp. 392-398 figs 352-357 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
Moore, J. 2020. Centroberyx australis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T123356336A123356637. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123356336A123356637.en. Accessed on 07 December 2022.
Roberts, C.D. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Berycidae. pp. 415-419 in Gomon. M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Shimizu, T. & Hutchins, J.B. 1987. New Australian fishes. Part 21. A new species of Centroberyx (Berycidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 48(1): 89-90 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1987.48.21
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp.
