Aploactinidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 86

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3696.1.1
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aploactinidae
status

Treatment

Aploactinidae View in CoL View at ENA

(velvetfishes)

Acanthosphex leurynnis View in CoL ( Jordan and Seale, 1905) Wasp-spine Velvetfish Prosopodasys leurynnis Jordan and Seale, 1905a: 525 ( Hong Kong). Xenaploactis sp. — Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea). Acanthosphex leurynnis View in CoL — Johnson 2004: 186–187 (Arafura Sea; Goulburn Island; Northern Territory); Hoese et al.

2006: 912 (NT; N coast).

NE of Goulburn Island.

Adventor elongatus (Whitley, 1952)

Sandpaper Velvetfish

Membracidichthys (Adventor) elongatus Whitley, 1952a: 26 View in CoL (Moreton Bay, Qld).

Adventor elongatus View in CoL — Paxton et al. 1989: 459 (N.T.); Larson 1999c: 26 (Wildman River); Hoese et al. 2006: 912 (NT; N coast).

Bathyaploactis curtisensis Whitley, 1933 View in CoL

Port Curtis Mossback

Bathyaploactis curtisensis curtisensis Whitley, 1933: 103 View in CoL (Port Curtis, Qld).

Bathyaploactis curtisensis View in CoL — Paxton et al. 1989: 460 (N.T.); Hoese et al. 2006: 913 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

W of Nilpaiwa Island, Mjurrngga Island, Milingimbi; Gove Harbour.

Bathyaploactis ornatissimus Whitley, 1933 Ornate Velvetfish View in CoL Bathyaploactis ornatissimus Whitley, 1933: 103 View in CoL (between Broome and Cape Bossutt, WA).— Russell and Smit

2007: 243 (Van Diemen Gulf) .

Shoal Bay; Wildman River; Mud Island, South Alligator River; W of Nilpaiwa Island.

Erisphex aniarus ( Thomson, 1967) View in CoL

Darkfin Velvetfish

Kanekonia aniara Thomson, 1967: 145 View in CoL (20 miles north-east of Cape Moreton).

Erisphex potti View in CoL — Ramm 1997: 13 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

Erisphex aniarus View in CoL — Ramm 1997: 14 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Hoese et al. 2006: 914 (NT; N coast, Timor Sea).

Arafura Sea.

Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker, 1865

Mossback Velvetfish

Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker, 1865a: 169 ( Australia) View in CoL .— Larson and Williams 1997: 353 (East Arm, Darwin Harbour); Hoese et al. 2006: 915 (NT; N coast, Darwin Harbour).

? Paraploactis sp. — Larson 1996: 11 (Nayarnpi Creek).

The small (18.5 mm SL) specimen from Nayarnpi Creek is possibly P. kagoshimensis View in CoL (Jeff Johnson, pers. comm.).

Peristrominous dolosus Whitley, 1952

Deceitful Velvetfish

Peristrominous dolosus Whitley, 1952a: 25 View in CoL (Deception Bay, Qld).— Paxton et al. 1989: 461 (NT); Hoese et al. 2006: 916 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).