Kyphosus sydneyanus ( Günther, 1886 )

Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm & Clements, Kendall D., 2013, Revision of the fish family Kyphosidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), Zootaxa 3751 (1), pp. 1-101 : 61

Kyphosus sydneyanus ( Günther, 1886)

(Common name: silver drummer)

( Figure 6 , 12 , 16, 20, Table 6, 8–18)

Pimelepterus sydneyanus Günther 1886: p. 368 (type-locality: Port Jackson , New South Wales, Australia), holotype: BMNH 1883.11.29.5 [dry, stuffed];

Pimelepterus meridonalis Ogilby 1887: p. 539 (type-locality: Port Jackson , New South Wales, Australia), (syntypes: (3) lost).

Segutilum sydneyanus Whitley 1931: p. 319 (type identical with type designated by Günther 1886); Whitley 1964: p. 47.

Kyphosus sydneyanus McCulloch 1920: p. 56 ; Whitley 1931: p. 320; Ayling and Cox 1982: p. 228, pl. 21; Russel 1983b: p. 127; Hutchins and Swainston 1986: p. 68, fig. 346; Rimmer and Wiebe 1987: p. 230; Paulin et al. 1989: p. 194; Francis 1991: p. 206 (probably mistaken K. bigibbus for K. sydneyanus ); Kuiter 1993: p. 211; Francis 1993: p. 162; Gomon et al. 1994: p. 612; Clements 1997: p. 220; Clements and Choat 1997: p. 581, table 2; Kuiter 1997: p. 200; Johnson 1999: p. 738; Kuiter 2000: p. 211; Hutchins 2001a: p. 255; Hutchins 2001b: p. 36; Sakai 2001: p. 3294; Moran and Clements 2002: p. 1191; Mountfort et al. 2002: p.1375; Clements 2003: p. 128; Sakai and Nakabo 2004: p. 20; Randall 2005: p. 306 (photo on p. 304 and 306 are both K. bigibbus ); Hoese and Bray 2006: p. 1323; Sakai and Nakabo 2006: p. 348; Sakai and Nakabo 2008: p. 2; Gomon 2008: p. 599; Downie et al. 2013: (mistaken K. bigibbus for K. sydneyanus , fig 1D p. 219 shows K. bigibbus - not K. sydneyanus ); Knudsen and Clements 2013: p. 1 ; Michael et al. 2013: p. 233 (probably mistaken K. bigibbus for K. sydneyanus ).

Cridorsa moonta Whitley 1938: p. 159 , pl. 16 (type-locality: Moonta Bay, Spencer Gulf, South Australia), holotype: SAMA F2023 [destroyed]; Glover 1976: p. 174; Hoese and Bray 2006: p. 1323.

Kyphosus diemenensis Scott 1971 (nomen dubium): p. 135, fig. 1, (type-locality: Northeast of Tasmania, Australia), holotype: QVM 1967:5:0026 [specimen missing]; Green 1974: p. 4; Hoese and Bray 2006: p. 1323; Sakai and Nakabo 2006: p. 348, (not Kyphosus because of tricuspid teeth).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Ordination plots from principal component analysis for comparison of multiple morphometric and meristic characters for: A) Kyphosus sectatrix (squares/blue area) and K. bigibbus (triangles/yellow area), type specimens of K. bigibbus (closed triangles), specimens of K. bigibbus with molecular identity confirmed (open downpointing triangle), type specimens of K. sectatrix (closed squares), specimens of K. sectatrix with molecular identity confirmed (closed diamonds), B) Kyphosus sydneyanus (circles/red area) and K. bigibbus (triangles/yellow area), type specimens of K. bigibbus (closed squares), specimens of K. bigibbus with molecular identity confirmed (closed triangles), type specimens of K. sydneyanus (open diamond), specimens of K. sydneyanus with molecular identity confirmed (closed circles). Type specimens are noted with catalog numbers, see text for further details on morphometric and meristic characters used in combination.

FIGURE 12. Museum material and freshly caught specimens of Kyphosus gladius and K. sydneyanus, photos by SWK unless specified otherwise, all lengths are in mm SL, scale bars equal 10 mm: A) Kyphosus gladius, WAM P.33456-001, 280 mm, holotype, B) Kyphosus gladius, WAM P.33456-002, 211 mm, paratype, C) Kyphosus gladius, WAM P.306668-001, 286 mm, paratype, D) Kyphosus gladius, SMNS 2673, 238 mm, non-type, E) Kyphosus sydneyanus, BMNH 1883.11.29.5, 634 mm, holotype of Pimelepterus sydneyanus, F) Kyphosus sydneyanus, NMNZ P.47690, 322 mm (photo by Carl Struthers, NMNZ), G) Kyphosus sydneyanus, NMNZ P.42348, 260 mm (photo by Carl Struthers, NMNZ), H) Kyphosus sydneyanus, NMNZ P.47689, 433 mm (photo by Carl Struthers, NMNZ).