Shortfin Waspfish, Apistops caloundra (De Vis 1886)
Other Names: Short-armed Waspfish, Short-finned Waspfish, Shortspined Waspfish
Shortfin Waspfish, Apistops caloundra. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
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Bray, D.J. 2025, Apistops caloundra in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Jul 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3206
Shortfin Waspfish, Apistops caloundra (De Vis 1886)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. (as Apistops coloundra)
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. (as Apistops coloundra)
De Vis, C.. 1886. Notice of a fish apparently undescribed (Apistus caloundra). The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 2(2): 144-145. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1910
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
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Matsunuma, M., Seah, Y.G. & Motomura, H. 2025. Review of Apistus (Synanceiidae: Apistinae) with description of a new species from the Arabian Sea and taxonomic status of Apistus balnearum Ogilby 1910, a junior synonym of Apistops caloundra (De Vis 1886). Ichthyological Research 72: 320–349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-024-00998-6
Ogilby, J.D. 1911. On new or insufficiently described fishes. The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23(1): 1-55. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.351375 (described as Apistus balnearum, type locality Brisbane, Queensland)
Ogilby, J.D. 1911. Descriptions of new or insufficiently described fishes from Queensland waters. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 36-58
Poss, S.G. 1999. Families Scorpaenidae, Caracanthidae, Aploactinidae. pp. 2291-2358 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.
