The presence or absence of Rogadius asper (Cuvier 1829) in Australia (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae)
The presence or absence of Rogadius asper (Cuvier 1829) in Australia (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae)
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澳大利亚是否存在 Rogadius asper (Cuvier 1829)(蝎形目:扁头鱼科)
DOI:
10.1007/s10228-018-0654-3
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
H.
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文献类型:
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作者:
Imamura;H.
The original description of platycephalid Rogadius asper (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1829) was based on a single specimen collected from Japan. The species has been recently reported from southern Japan, Korea, East China Sea, Taiwan, Vietnam (Nha Trang) and northern Australia (eg, Shao and Chen 1987; Lee and Joo 1998; Imamura et al. 2006; Paxton et al. 2006). The widespread Rogadius pristiger (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1829), occurring from Taiwan to northern Australia and Madagascar, including the Philippines, Andaman Sea, Gulf of Oman and Red Sea (eg, Knapp 1999; Vilasri et al. 2015; Kimura et al. 2017), has been misidentified as R. asper by many authors, because of a distinctive taxonomic character, a strong antrorse preopercular spine that is present in both. Characters useful for separating them had not been well known prior to the study by Imamura et al.(2006). Although a third species, the recently described Rogadius fehlmanni Knapp 2012 from Somalia, also has the strong antrorse preopercular spine, it is separable from R. asper and R. pristiger in having two or more preocular spines (vs. one in the latter two)]. Examples of misidentifications include Knapp (1979), and Gloerfelt-Tarp and Kailola (1984) and Sainsbury et al.(1985), who recorded specimens of R. asper from the Gulf of Aden and northern Australia, respectively. However, judging from photographs and descriptions, their specimens appear to be R. pristiger, as they have the caudal fin coloration of R. pristiger, characterized by a broad dusky or black submarginal band and a light basal band on the caudal fin (vs. caudal fin with 4–5 irregular blackish bands including that on the base of the fin, or a basal blackish band and randomly arranged blackish spots posteriorly in R. asper; see also Imamura et al. 2006). In addition, the CSIRO specimen (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Hobart) CA4022, a voucher of R. asper of Sainsbury et al.(1985), is also identifiable as R. pristiger in having 55 body scale rows slanting forwardly and downwardly above the lateral line (51–61 in R. pristiger vs. 66–76 in R. asper; Imamura et al. 2006). Although Imamura et al.(2006) regarded specimens of R. asper from Nha Trang, Vietnam, as representing the southernmost records of the species at that time, Paxton et al.(2006) retained the names of R. asper and R. pristiger as species distributed in Australia, as had Paxton and Hanley (1989). I recently visited five major museums and one institution in Australia [Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin (NTM) and Queensland Museum, Brisbane (QM) in Nov. 2016; Museums Victoria, Melbourne (NMV) and Western Australian Museum, Perth (WAM) in Nov. 2017; and Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS) and CSIRO in June 2018] and examined all specimens labeled as R. asper collected in Australia deposited in their collections (although some specimens may have been on loan and would therefore not have been examined). In total, 76 specimens [6 specimens at CSIRO, 3 at NMV, 17 at NTM and 50 at QM, but no Australian specimens of R. asper at AMS and WAM] were examined, most of which had a broad dusky (variably, brownish, pale brownish, grayish or pale grayish) band on the caudal fin posteriorly, identical to R. pristiger (Fig. 1). Although four specimens [2 of 3 in QM I. 18404 (unmeasured); 1 of 9 in QM I. 19706 (unmeasured); QM I. 19673, 108.0 mm SL] lacked a complete caudal fin owing to damage, the remaining caudal bases had a grayish or pale brownish band and were therefore identified as R. pristiger (vs. blackish band in R. asper). In contrast, six specimens (4 of 4 in NTM …