Triacanthidae, Bleeker, 1859

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 : 231

Triacanthidae

(tripodfish)

Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer ( Cantor, 1849)

Blotched Tripodfish

Triacanthus strigilifer Cantor, 1849: 1849 (Pinang, Malaya).

Pseudotrioacanthus strigilifer — Hoese et al. 2006: 1866 (NT; N coast).

Triacanthus biaculeatus ( Bloch, 1786)

Shortnose Tripodfish

Balistes biaculeatus Bloch, 1786: 17 ( Japan and East Indies).

Triacanthus biaculeatus — Günther 1870: 210 (Port Essington); Kent 1889: 240 (Port Darwin); Zietz 1891:2 (Northern Territory); Paradice and Whitley 1927: 94 (Pellew Islands; Darwin); Tyler 1968: 263, 274 (Northern Territory); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 348 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 84 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 69 (Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson and Williams 1997: 374 (Buffalo Creek area); Hoese et al. 2006: 1866 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, Timor Sea).

Triacanthus brevirostris — Klunzinger 1880:421 (Port Darwin).

Tripodichthys angustifrons ( Hollard, 1854)

Yellowfin Tripodfish

Triacanthus angustifrons Hollard, 1854: 45 (mer des Indies).

Triacanthus biaculeatus — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 94 (Pellew and Darwin).

Tripodichthys angustifrons — Tyler 1968: 308, 312 (Pellew Islands, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory); Larson and Williams 1997: 374 (Buffalo Creek area); Hoese et al. 2006: 1867 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Trixiphichthys weberi ( Chaudhuri, 1910)

Blacktip Tripodfish

Triacanthus weberi Chaudhuri, 1910: 497 (Arakan coast of Burma; Gopalur on Orissa coast;mouth of Hooghly River).

Trixiphichthys weberi — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 348 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 84 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 10 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 69 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson 1997: 44 (Field Island); Larson 1999b: 47 (Kakadu); Hoese et al. 2006: 1867 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Off Milingimbi.