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.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Callanthias allporti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1587
Rosy Perch, Callanthias allporti Günther 1876
More Info
Distribution |
Seal Rocks, New South Wales, to Tasmania and eastern Victoria, including ; also at Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea, and in New Zealand. Inhabits deep reefs, sheltering in caves or crevices at night, or when threatened. |
Features |
Dorsal fin XI, 10; Anal fin III, 10 (rarely III, 9); Pectoral fin 20-23 (usually 20–22); Pseudobranch with 20-30 filaments; Gill rakers 7-10 + 22-27 = 30-36; Tubed lateral-line scales 36-47 (usually 37-42); Circum-caudal-peduncular scales 21-25; Scales between anal-fin origin and lateral line 15-20 (usually 17-18). Caudal fin emarginate to lunate, often with long filamentous lobes in adults. Epineurals associated with first 10 to 14 vertebrae. Epurals 3 (very rarely 2). 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). (Johnson & Anderson 2015) |
Feeding |
Feeds on zooplankton above the bottom, forming small aggregations, often with the Butterfly Perch, Caesioperca lepidoptera, on shallower reefs. |
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. |
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. |
Etymology |
The species is named allporti for Martin Allport, a Tasmanian lawyer, who made extensive collections of fishes and sent specimens to Albert Günther at the British Museum. |
Species Citation |
Callanthias allporti Günther, A. 1876, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 17(43): 390.Type locality: Tasmania |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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.
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.