Northwest Black Bream, Acanthopagrus palmaris (Whitley 1935)
Other Names: Hump-headed Bream, North West Black Bream
Northwest Black Bream, Acanthopagrus palmaris. Source: Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A blackish to dark brown bream becoming silvery below with greyish to black fins. Larger fish sometimes develop a hump on the forehead.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Acanthopagrus palmaris in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/676
Northwest Black Bream, Acanthopagrus palmaris (Whitley 1935)
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Distribution |
Endemic to northern Australia from the Shark Bay region, Western Australia, northwards to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. Inhabits coastal reefs, estuaries, and sometimes the lower freshwater reaches of rivers. |
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Fisheries |
A popular angling fish, usually taken on hook and line. The species also occurs in trawl grounds. |
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Species Citation |
Roughleyia palmaris Whitley 1935, Rec. Aust. Mus. 19(4): 234, fig. 7. Type locality: Port Hedland, WA. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Northwest Black Bream, Acanthopagrus palmaris (Whitley 1935)
References
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Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp.
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.
Hsu, T.-H., Guillén Madrid, A.G., Burridge, C.P., Cheng, H.-Y. & Gwo, J.-C. 2011. Resolution of the Acanthopagrus black seabream complex based on mitochondrial and amplified fragment-length polymorphism analyses. Journal of Fish Biology 79: 1182–1192.
Iwatsuki, Y. 2013. Review of the Acanthopagrus latus complex (Perciformes: Sparidae) with descriptions of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology 83: 64-95.
Iwatsuki, Y. & Carpenter, K.E. 2006. Acanthopagrus taiwanensis, a new sparid fish (Perciformes), with comparisons to Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskal, 1775) and other nominal species of Acanthopagrus. Zootaxa 1202: 1-19.
Iwatsuki, Y., Kume, M.. & Yoshino, T. 2010. A new species, Acanthopagrus pacificus from the Western Pacific (Pisces, Sparidae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Series A 36(4): 115–130.
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
Munro, I.S.R. 1949. Revision of Australian silver breams, Mylio and Rhabdosargus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 12(4): 182-223 figs 1-5 pls 16-23 (as Mylio palmaris) See ref at BHL
Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp.
Whitley, G.P. 1935. Studies in Ichthyology No. 9. Records of the Australian Museum 19(4): 215-250 figs 1-11 pl. 18
