F. L. de Castelnau’s Norman River fishes housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney
Author
Gill, Anthony C.
Author
Russell, Barry C.
Author
Nelson, Gary
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-16
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journal article
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Kurtus gulliveri
Castelnau 1878
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Kurtus gulliveri
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Figure 1
Kurtus gulliveri
Castelnau 1878a
: 233
(type locality, freshwater pond near the Norman River).
Castelnau (1878a)
described
Kurtus gulliveri
from an unspecified number of specimens collected by T.A. Gulliver from a freshwater pond near the Norman River. He noted that the largest specimens are “a little over
4 inches
long.”
Le Danois (1963)
noted that there are four syntypes in the MNHN, and an additional syntype is listed in the AMS (Eschmeyer
et al.
2018).
Ramsay & Ogilby (1886)
also mentioned the AMS specimen in their redescription of the species, but gave the registration number as AMS B.9208 (vs B.
9209 in
Eschmeyer
et al.
2018). No MAMU types are listed by
Stanbury (1969)
, or by any other authors. A single
67.5 mm
SL (ca 81+ mm TL) specimen is in the collection (MAMU F.394). The old, external label for the specimen says “
KURTUS GULLIVERI
, Casteln. NORMAN RIVER”, which is repeated on a card inside the jar. The index card for the specimen says “
Kurtus gulliveri
, Castl.
[…] 1 sp. 3½″ Norman River”. We regard this specimen as an additional syntype of
Kurtus gulliveri
.