Bluespotted Seabream, Gymnocranius microdon (Bleeker 1851)


Other Names: Bluespotted Large-eye Bream, Blue-spotted Large-eye Bream, Large-eyed Bream

A Bluespotted Seabream at the Cod Hole near Lizard Island, Queensland. Source: Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:
A silvery-grey seabream with darker scale margins, and numerous angled elongate blue spots, dashes and streaks on the snout and cheeks.

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Bray, D.J. 2019, Gymnocranius microdon in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2749

Bluespotted Seabream, Gymnocranius microdon (Bleeker 1851)

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Distribution

Scott Reef, Western Australia, to the Timor Sea northwest of Darwin, Northern Territory. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits sand and rubble areas near reefs.

Features

Dorsal fin X, 10; Anal fin III, 10; Pectoral fin 14; Lateral-line scales 48-49; Scales rows between Llat and middle of spinous dorsal fin 5.5.
Body oblong, depth 2.5-3.0 in SL; scales absent from inner surface of pectoral-fin axil; 2-3 pairs of small slender canine teeth at front of upper and lower jaws, lateral jaw teeth conical to villiform; caudal fin slightly forked with pointed tips.

Species Citation

Dentex microdon Bleeker1851, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederlandsch Indië 2: 219. Type locality: Celebes (= Sulawesi).

Author

Bray, D.J. 2019

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Bluespotted Seabream, Gymnocranius microdon (Bleeker 1851)

References


Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.

Bleeker, P. 1851. Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Celebes. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 2: 209-224. See ref at BHL

Borsa, P., P. Béarez & W.-J. Chen. 2010. Gymnocranius oblongus, a new large-eye bream species from New Caledonia (Teleostei: Lethrinidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies 333(3): 241-247.

Borsa, P., Collet, A., Carassou, L., Ponton, D. & Chen, W.-J.  2010. Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genotyping identifies emperors and large-eye breams (Teleostei: Lethrinidae) from New Caledonia and reveals new large-eye bream species, Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 38:  370-389. (as Gymnocranius sp. B )

Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp.

Carpenter, K.E. & Allen, G.R. 1989. FAO Species Catalogue. Emperor fishes and large-eye breams of the world (family Lethrinidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lethrinid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125, Vol. 9. Rome : FAO 118 pp.

Carpenter, K.E., Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. 2016. Gymnocranius microdon. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T16719685A16722280. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16719685A16722280.en. Downloaded on 15 July 2019.

Coleman, N. 1981. Australian sea fishes north of 30°S. Doubleday, Sydney, 297 pp. (as Gymnocranius griseus)

Hutchins, J.B., Williams, D.McB., Newman, S.J., Cappo, M. & Speare, P. 1995. New records of fishes for the Rowley Shoals and Scott/Seringapatam Reefs, off north-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 119-123.

Sato, T. 1986. A systematic review of the sparoid fishes of the subfamily Monotaxinae, p. 602–612, in T. Uyeno, R. Arai, T. Taniuchi, K. Matsuura (eds) Indo-Pacific fish biology: proceedings of the second international conference on Indo-Pacific fishes. Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37351030

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Depth:15-50 m

Habitat:Reef associated, sandy/rubble areas

Max Size:45 cm TL

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