Northern Pearl Perch, Glaucosoma buergeri Richardson 1845
Other Names: Deepsea Jewfish, Grey Bigmouth Bream, Northern Dhufish
Juvenile Northern Pearl Perch, Glaucosoma buergeri, in Taiwan. Source: ChingYi Chen / Fish Database of Taiwan. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
Body silvery-grey with about 10 narrow stripes (becoming indistinct or completely disappearing with age), a broad dark band through the eye, a dark blotch on the back at the base of last dorsal-fin ray, fins greyish. The eye-band and narrow stripes are well defined in juveniles, and the stripes are much narrower than the pale interspaces.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Glaucosoma buergeri in Fishes of Australia, accessed 05 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4614
Northern Pearl Perch, Glaucosoma buergeri Richardson 1845
More Info
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Distribution |
Off Shark Bay, Western Australia, to the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. |
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Similar Species |
Differs from the Pearl Perch (G. scapulare). in lacking the pearly suprascapular or "shoulder" bone. |
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Species Citation |
Glaucosoma buergeri Richardson 1845, Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror Vol. 2(2): 27. Type locality: southwestern coast of Japan. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Northern Pearl Perch, Glaucosoma buergeri Richardson 1845
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. (as Glaucosoma burgeri)
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 Glaucosoma burgeri)
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.
McKay, R.J. 1997. FAO Species Catalogue. Pearl Perches of the World Family Glaucosomatidae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 17. 1-26 pp.
McKay, R.J. 2001. Family Glaucosomatidae. pp. 3205-3209 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.
Newman, S.J. 2002. Age, growth, mortality and population characteristics of the pearl perch, Glaucosoma buergeri Richardson 1845, from deeper continental shelf waters off the Pilbara coast of north-western Australia. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 18(2): 95-101. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0426.2002.00327.x
Richardson, J. 1845. Ichthyology. 17-52 pls 7-8 (parts), 11-30 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 139 pls 1-60.
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp.
