Western Striped Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus victoriae (Günther 1859)
Other Names: Black-axillary Soldier-fish, Northern Striped-cardinalish, Red-striped Cardinalfish, Victorian Cardinal Fish, Victorian Cardinalfish, Victoria's Cardinalfish
A Western Striped Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus victoriae, in Geographe Bay, Western Australia. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A reddish-brown cardinalfish with several narrower white stripes along the head and body, a large black spot on the pectoral-fin base, another black spot on the middle of the caudal-fin base, and pinkish fins.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Ostorhinchus victoriae in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1611
Western Striped Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus victoriae (Günther 1859)
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Distribution |
Endemic to Western Australia, from Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, to the Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. A nocturnal species, often seen sheltering in caves and under ledges on shallow reefs during the day. |
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Remarks |
Kuiter & Kozawa (2019) split this species into northern and southern forms: Ostorhinchus victoriae from north of Shark Bay, Western Australia, to the northern Territory, and Ostorhinchus aff. victoriae occurring between Geographe Bay and Shark Bay, Western Australia. |
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Etymology |
The species is named victoriae after the Victoria Settlement in the Northern Territory (= Port Essington), named for Queen Victoria. The settlement, established by the British Government in 1838 (Barrow 1839), was intended to facilitate trade with Asia, India and the Pacific. From 1838 until the disbanding of the settlement in 1849, Port Essington was officially known as 'Victoria'. |
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Species Citation |
Apogon victoriae Günther 1859, Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum Vol. 1: 243. Type locality: Victoria [= Port Essington, Northern Territory, which was officially known as Victoria, or Victoria Settlement, from 1838]. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Western Striped Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus victoriae (Günther 1859)
References
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Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203
Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(3): 302-444 See ref at BHL
Randall, J.E. & Hoese, D.F. 1988. Apogon limenus, a new species of cardinalfish (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 40: 359-364 DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.162, open access
Spillett, P.G. 1972. Forsaken settlement : an illustrated history of the settlement of Victoria, Port Essington, North Australia, 1838-1849. Dee Why West, N.S.W. : Lansdowne, 196 pp.
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