Siganidae, Richardson, 1837

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 : 212-213

Siganidae

(rabbitfishes)

Siganus canaliculatus ( Park, 1797) Whitespotted Rabbitfish Chaetodon canaliculatus Park, 1797: 33 (Sumatra) . Siganus canaliculatus — Blaber et al. 1992: 10 (Groote Eylandt).? Siganus concavocephalus Paradice , in Paradice and Whitley, 1927: 99 (Sir Edward Pellew Group, Gulf of Carpentaria).

Arafura Sea off Cape Wessel; Liverpool River mouth, Maningrida .

The holotypes of Paradice’s specimens could be either S. canaliculatus or S. fuscescens ( Woodland 1990) .

Siganus doliatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1834) Bluelined Rabbitfish Amphacanthus doliatus Guérin-Méneville, 1834: 132 (Bourou and Vanicolo) . Teuthis doliata — Taylor 1964: 275 (Yirrkalla). Siganus doliatus — Woodland 1990: 85 (Orontes Reef, Port Essington); Hoese et al. 2006: 1724 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Off Annersley Point, Murganella; Orontes Reef.

Siganus fuscescens ( Houttuyn, 1782)

Black Rabbitfish

Centrogaster fuscescens Houttuyn, 1782: 333 (no locality).

? Amphacanthus gymnopareius Richardson, 1843a: 174 (Port Essington).

Teuthis nebulosa — Günther 1861: 321 [in part] (Coral Bay, Port Essington); Taylor 1964: 273 (Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt; Yirrkalla; Port Bradshaw).

Teuthis sutor — Klunzinger 1880: 393 (Port Darwin); Macleay 1884: 20 (Port Darwin).

Teuthis guttatus — Saville-Kent 1889: 239 (Port Darwin).

? Siganus concavocephalus Paradice, 1927: 99 (Sir Edward Pellew Group, Gulf of Carpentaria).

Siganus nebulosus — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 91 (Sir Edward Pellew Group, Gulf of Carpentaria); McCulloch 1929: 271 (Northern Territory).

Amphacanthus nebulosus — Whitley 1928: 233 (Sir Edward Pellew Group).

Siganus sutor — McCulloch 1929: 270 (Northern Territory).

Siganus fuscescens — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 346 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Woodland 1990: 62 (Darwin; Coral Bay, Port Essington; Sir Edward Pellew Group); Blaber et al. 1992: 10 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 69 (western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson and Williams 1997: 372 (West Arm); Hoese et al. 2006: 1725 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast); Fisher and Calaby 2009: 34 (Coral Bay, Port Essington).

The holotypes of Richardson’s specimens could be either S. canaliculatus or S. fuscescens (as for Para-

dice’s species) ( Woodland 1990).

Siganus javus ( Linnaeus, 1766) Java Rabbitfish Teuthis javus Linnaeus, 1766: 507 (Jawa) . Siganus javus — Woodland 1990: 70–71 (Table Head, Port Essington); Blaber et al. 1992: 10 (Groote Eylandt);

Larson 1992: 10 (Mule Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 372 (off Naval Base, Darwin Harbour); Hoese et al. 2006: 1725 (NT; N coast, Port Essington).

Darwin Harbour; Bing Bong Creek, Mule Creek , Gulf of Carpentaria .

Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Goldlined Rabbitfish

Amphacanthus lineatus Valenciennes , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835: 310 (Waugeo Island area; Vanikoro, New Guinea).— Whitley 1928: 232 (Sir Edward Pellew Group; Cape Wessel, Arnheim Land).

Siganus lineatus — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 90 (Cape Wessel and Sir Edward Pellew Group); McCulloch 1929: 269 (Nothern Territory); Collette 1983: 101 (East Vernon I.; Croker I.); Woodland 1990: 90, 93 (Port Darwin; Sir Edward Pellew Group); Blaber et al. 1992: 10 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 10 (Home Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 372 (Channel Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 1725 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Teuthis lineata — Taylor 1964: 274 (Little Lagoon tributary, Emerald River, Groote Eylandt; Port Bradshaw; Yirrkalla).

Darwin Harbour; Groote Eylandt; Bing Bong Creek , Gulf of Carpentaria .

Siganus puellus ( Schlegel, 1852)

Masked Rabbitfish

Amphacanthus puellus Schlegel, 1852: 39 ( Ternate or Sulawesi).

Siganus puellus — Blaber et al. 1992: 10 (Groote Eylandt).

Siganus punctatus ( Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Spotted Rabbitfish

Amphacanthus punctatus Bloch and Schneider, 1801: 210 (Nomuka Island, Tonga).

Siganus chrysospilos — Blaber et al. 1992: 10 (Groote Eylandt).

Siganus virgatus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Doublebar Rabbitfish

Amphacanthus virgatus Valenciennes , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835: 133 (Java).— Whitley 1929: 126 (Port Darwin).

Amphacanthus notostictus Richardson, 1843a: 172 (Coral Bay, Port Essington).

Teuthis notosticta — Günther 1861: 320 (Darwin; Coral Bay, Port Essington).

Teuthis notostictus — Macleay 1878: 353 (Port Darwin).

Teuthis virgata — Taylor 1964: 271 (Chasm Island; Yirrkalla).

Siganus virgatus — Woodland 1990: 89 (Port Darwin); Blaber et al. 1992: 10 (Groote Eylandt); Larson and Williams 1997: 372 (Port Darwin); Hoese et al. 2006: 1727 (NT; N coast, vicinity of Darwin); Fisher and Calaby 2009: 34 (Coral Bay, Port Essington).

Rimbija Island , Cape Wessel .