Haemulidae

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 : 137-139

Haemulidae

(sweetlips)

Diagramma labiosum Macleay, 1883

Painted Sweetlips

Diagramma labiosum Macleay, 1883b: 202 ( Wide Bay , Queensland).

Plectorhynchus pictus — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 87 (Pellew Islands).

Plectorhinchus pictus — Taylor 1964: 206 (Melville Bay; Port Bradshaw).

Diagramma pictum — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 342 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Hoese et al. 2006: 1219 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Diagramma labiosum — McKay 2001: 2966 (map).

Diagramma pictum labiosum — Johnson et al. 2001: 674, fig. 8 (NT map and material).

Off Lee Point; SE of Money Shoal; Shepparton Shoal; N of Goulburn Island; Arafura Sea; W of Marchinbar Island.

Hapalogenys dampieriensis Iwatsuki and Russell, 2006

Australian Lined Javelinfish

Hapalogenys kishinouyei — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 342 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 1219 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea).

Hapalogenys dampieriensis Iwatsuki and Russell, 2006: 36 (north of Cape Lambert, WA).

Evans Shoal area, Timor Sea; N of Money Shoal; E of Lynedoch Bank; Arafura Sea.

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, 1801

Spotted Sweetlips

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, 1801 : pl. 13, fig. 2 (no locality).— McKay 2001: 2971 (NT).

McCluer Island; Coral Bay, Port Essington.

Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia Bleeker, 1855

Goldlined Sweetlips

Plectorhynchus chrysotaenia Bleeker, 1855e: 303 (Makasar, Celebes).

Plectorhinchus celebicus — Larson 1992: 9 (Bing Bong Creek; Home Creek); Larson 1997: 32 (Field Island); Larson 1999b: 34 (Kakadu).

Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus ( Cuvier, 1830)

Goldspotted Sweetlips

Diagramma flavomaculatus Cuvier (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830: 304 (Red Sea). Plectorhynchus reticulatus — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 87 (Pellew Is.).

Plectorhinchus reticulatus — Taylor 1964: 204–205 (Pellew Islands).

Plectorhynchus flavomaculatus — Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Hoese et al. 2006: 1221 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Plectorhinchus gibbosus ( Lacepède, 1802) Brown Sweetlips Holocentrus gibbosus Lacepède, 1802: 344 , 389 (no locality). Plectorhinchus nigrus — Taylor 1964: 204 (Nightcliff; Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt; Yirrkalla). Plectorhynchus gibbosus — Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt). Plectorhinchus gibbosus — Larson and Williams 1997: 360 (East Point reef; Fannie Bay); Larson 1997: 32

(Kakadu); Larson 1999b: 35 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 28 (Field Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 1221 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Ludmilla Creek; Mickett Creek; Fannie Bay; East Point; Shoal Bay; Weed Reef (not kept), Darwin Harbour.

Plectorhinchus multivittatus ( Macleay, 1878) Manyline Sweetlips Diagramma multivittatum Macelay, 1878: 349 (Port Darwin). Plectorhynchus multivittatus — Ogilby 1915a: 120 (Port Darwin at Spalding). Plectorhinchus multivittatus — McCulloch 1929: 217 (Northern Territory); Taylor 1964: 205 (Port Bradshaw); Larson and Williams 1997: 360 (Port Darwin); Larson 1997: 33 (Field Island); Larson 1999b: 35 (Kakadu);

Hoese et al. 2006: 1222 (NT; N coast, Melville Island).

Table Head, Cobourg Peninsula.

Plectorhynchus polytaenia (Bleeker, 1852) Ribboned Sweetlips Diagramma polijtaenia Bleeker, 1852c: 755 (Celebes) . Diagramma polytaenia — Günther 1859: 332 (Port Essington). Plectorhinchus polytaenia — Taylor 1964: 205 (Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt; Bartalumba Bay). Plectorhynchus polytaenia — Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Ramm 1997: 18 (Timor and Arafura Seas,

between longitudes 127– 137° E); Hoese et al. 2006: 1222 (NT; N coast, Groote Eylandt).

Bullocky Point boat ramp, Darwin Harbour; Table Head; New Year Island; White Island , Cape Arnhem .

Plectorhynchus schotaf ( Forsskål, 1775)

Sombre Sweetlips

Sciaena schotaf Forsskål, 1775 : xii (Red Sea).

Plectorhinchus unicolor — Taylor 1964: 205 (Yirrkalla; Port Bradshaw).

Plectorhynchus schotaf — Waddy 1988: 47 (Groote Eylandt).

Coral Bay, Port Essington (identified by Jeff Johnson, 1997).

Pomadasys argenteus ( Forsskål, 1775)

Silver Javelin

Sciaena argentea Forsskål, 1775: 51 (Jidda, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea).

Pristipoma hasta — Macleay 1878: 348 (Port Darwin); Rendahl 1922: 189 (Port Darwin).

Pomadasys argenteus — Whitley 1966: 139 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea Based on Wei et al. 1972.); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Larson and Williams 1997: 360 (Elizabeth River); Larson 1999c: 28 (Field Island); McKay 2001: 2983 (map); Larson 2002: 34 (off Pocock’s Beach); Hoese et al. 2006: 1223 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

N of Point Jaheel; NE of Charles Point; Elizabeth River; Shoal Bay; Finke Bay; Chambers Bay; Blue Mud

Bay.

Pomadasys kaakan ( Cuvier, 1830)

Barred Javelin

Pristipoma kaakan Cuvier , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830: 244 ( India).

? Pristipoma sp. — Saville-Kent 1889: 239 (Port Darwin).

Pomadasys nageb — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 87 (Darwin); Taylor 1964: 204 (Melville Bay).

Pomadasys kaakan — Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 8 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 9 (Mule Creek); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson 1996: 11 (Towns River); Larson and Williams 1997: 360–361 (NW side Channel Island; East Arm mudflats; Cullen Beach); Larson 1997: 33 (Field Island); Larson 1999b: 35 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 28 (South Alligator River); Larson 2000: 42 (South Alligator River); Larson 2002: 34 (Middle Beach); Hoese et al. 2006: 1224 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Dum-in-Mirrie Island; Woods Inlet, Darwin Harbour; Leeders Creek; Shoal Bay; Barron Island; Smith

Point; creek on NE side Milingimbi; NE Crocodile Island.

Pomadasys maculatus ( Bloch, 1793)

Blotched Javelin

Anthias maculatus Bloch, 1793: 9 (East Indies)

Pomadasys maculatum — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 342 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 82 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria).

Pomadasys maculatus — Hoese et al. 2006: 1224 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

W of Port Keats; Snake Bay; NE of Charles Point; Mickett Creek, Darwin; N of Rolling Bay; N of Bowra

Shoals; S of Orontes Reef; Wessel Islands.

Pomadasys trifasciatus Fowler, 1937

Blackear Javelin

Pomadasys trifasciatus Fowler, 1937: 235 (Paknam, Thailand).— Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Ramm 1997: 18 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Hoese et al. 2006: 1224 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

N of Melville Island; W of Orontes Reef; Smith Point; Wessel Islands; Groote Eylandt.