Rosy Perch, Callanthias allporti Günther 1876
Other Names: Allport’s Groppo, Allport's Perch, Southern Goldie, Southern Splendid Perch, Splendid Perch, Splendid Sea Perch
A Rosy Perch, Callanthias allporti, in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand. Source: Ian Skipworth / http://www.ianskipworth.com/. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A pink splendid perch with a yellow chin, throat, and pectoral-fin base, iridescent blue eyes, and yellowish upper and lower caudal-fin lobes which may be filamentous in adults. Some individuals are almost all reddish or reddish-orange, and the fins become more yellow in
large fish.
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Bray, D.J. 2024, Callanthias allporti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1587
Rosy Perch, Callanthias allporti Günther 1876
More Info
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Distribution |
Seal Rocks, New South Wales, to Tasmania and eastern Victoria; also Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. elsewhere the species occurs in New Zealand. Inhabits deep reefs, sheltering in caves or crevices at night, or when threatened. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XI, 10; Anal fin III, 9-10; Pectoral fin 20-23; Pseudobranch with 20-30 filaments; Gill rakers 7-10 + 22-27 = 30-36; Tubed lateral-line scales 36-47; Circum-caudal-peduncular scales 21-25; Scales between anal-fin origin and lateral line 15-20. Body slender, snout rounded, dorsal fin spines increasing in length towards caudal fin. Caudal fin emarginate to lunate, often with long filamentous lobes in adults. Vomer almost always with few to several robust conical to caniniform teeth. Lateral aspect of snout (usually) and lachrymal with scales. Gular region rarely with a few scales anteriorly. Membranes of dorsal, anal, pectoral, and pelvic fins without scales, but scales sometimes present at bases of fins; caudal fin well covered with scales for considerable distance out onto fin (in some specimens almost entire fin covered with scales). |
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Feeding |
Feeds on zooplankton above the bottom, forming small aggregations, often with the Butterfly Perch, Caesioperca lepidoptera, on shallower reefs. |
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Biology |
A protogynous hermaphrodite. |
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Remarks |
This species has been previously confused with Callanthias australis, and we follow Roberts & Gomon (2008) in restricting this species to eastern Australia, with southern records misidentifications. The two species are sympatric in eastern Australia. |
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Similar Species |
The similar Callanthias australis is sexually dimorphic in colour with a distinctive male phase. It lacks yellow on the chin and throat, and has a red pectoral-fin base. |
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Etymology |
The species is named for Morton Allport Esq., who presented two specimens from Tasmania to the British Museum. |
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Species Citation |
Callanthias allporti Günther, A. 1876, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 17(43): 390.Type locality: Tasmania |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2024 |
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Resources |
Rosy Perch, Callanthias allporti Günther 1876
References
Anderson, Jr, W.D., Johnson, G.D. & Baldwin, C.C. 2015. Review of the Splendid Perches, Callanthias (Percoidei: Callanthiidae). Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 105(3): 126 pp.
Günther, A. 1876. Remarks on fishes, with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 17(43): 389-402.
Kuiter, R.H. 2004. Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. A comprehensive guide to selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 1, 216 pp.
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs.
McMillan, P.J., Francis, M.P., Paul, L.J., et al. 2011. New Zealand fishes. Volume 2: A field guide to less common species caught by bottom and midwater fishing. New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report Vol. 78: 117 pp, Wellington, New Zealand : Ministry of Fisheries
Ogilby, J.D. 1899. Contributions to Australian ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24(1): 154-186 (as Anogramma allporti)
Roberts, C.D. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Polyprionidae, Serranidae and Callanthiidae. pp. 534-549 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Stewart, A.L. 2015.
