Tetrarogidae, J.L.B.Smith, 1949

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 : 83-84

Tetrarogidae

(waspfishes)

Ablabys taenianotus (Cuvier, 1829)

Cockatoo Waspfish

Apistus taenianotus Cuvier, 1829b: 404 ( Mauritius) .

Ablabys taenianotus — Paxton et al. 1989: 439 (NT); Hoese et al. 2006: 897 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Cottapistus cottoides (Cuvier, 1829)

Yellow Waspfish

Apistus cottoides Cuvier, 1829b: 410 (Indies) . Cottapistus cottoides — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 335 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 440 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 60 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf to western Gulf of Carpentaria); Hoese et al. 2006: 898 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Cottapistus scorpio — Paxton et al. 1989: 440 (NT).

Liocranium pleurostigma (Weber, 1913)

Blackspot Waspfish

? Pentaroge marmorata — Klunzinger 1880: 366 (Port Darwin).

Paracentropogon pleurostigma Weber, 1913b: 499 (near New Guinea).

? Gymnapistes marmorata — McCulloch 1929: 388 (Northern Territory); Taylor 1964: 284 (Port Darwin).

Abcichthys praepositus — Whitley 1954: 28 (Port Darwin).

Liocranium praepositum — Taylor 1964: 284 (Port Darwin); Paxton et al. 1989: 440 (NT); Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson and Williams 1997: 352 (Fannie Bay); Hoese et al. 2006: 900 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Liocranium pleurostigma — Motomura et al. 2008: 31–32 (Fannie Bay; Arnhem Bay ; Joseph Bonaparte Gulf) .

N of Cootamundra Shoal ; Fenton Patches ; NE of Charles Point; Woods Inlet, Darwin Harbour; Shoal Bay; Arafura Sea; Port Patterson ; Van Diemen Gulf; Groote Eylandt .

Neocentropogon trimaculatus Chan, 1965

Threespotted Waspfish

Neocentropogon trimaculatus Chan, 1965: 635 (South China Sea, about 85 miles southeast of Hong Kong).—Poss 1999: 2321 (northwestern Shelf of Australia; map).

Neocentropogon sp. — Ramm 1997: 14 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

W of Lynedoch Bank, N of Bathurst Island, Arafura Sea.

Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier, 1829)

Whiteface Roguefish

Apistus longispinus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829b: 408 (Amboina).

Paracentropogon longispinis — Pender et al. 1992: 60, 66 (Fog Bay; Arnhem coast).

Paracentropogon sp. — Larson and Williams 1997: 353 (Darwin Harbour).

? Paracentropogon vespa — Paxton et al. 1989: 446 (N.T.); Hoese et al. 2006: 901 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

East and West Arms, Darwin Harbour; Shoal Bay; Cobourg Peninsula; W of Goulburn Island; Skirmish Point area, Boucaut Bay; E of Nilpaiwa Island, Milingimbi; SE of Milingimbi; Groote Eylandt.

Based on recent genetic analyses, it is likely that only a single species occurs across northern Australia (Jeff Johnson, in litt. May 2012) .

Richardsonichthys leucogaster (Richardson, 1848)

Whitebelly Roguefish

Apistus leucogaster Richardson, 1848a: 5 (Sea of China).

Richardsonichthys leucogaster — Paxton et al. 1989: 5 (N.T.); Hoese et al. 2006: 902 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Tetraroge sp.

Unidentified roguefish

Tetrarogidae — Larson 2000: 40 (West Alligator River).

Tetraroge sp. — Larson 2002: 32 (Wildman River mouth).

Under study by Jeff Johnson (QM).