Craterocephalus lentiginosus Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen

Morgan, David L., Allen, Gerald R., Pusey, Bradley J. & Burrows, Damien W., 2011, 2816, Zootaxa 2816, pp. 1-64 : 13

Craterocephalus lentiginosus Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen

Prince Regent Hardyhead or Freckled Hardyhead

Endemic to the Kimberley region, Craterocephalus lentiginosus was previously believed to be restricted to the upper Roe River ( Allen 1975, Ivantsoff et al. 1987), however, there is a specimen record from the Trent River near Kimbolton in 1975 (WAM P. 28010-002). More recently, the species has been collected from numerous sites in the Fitzroy and Carson Rivers ( Fig. 16) ( Allen & Leggett 1990, Allen & Allen 1998, Morgan et al. 2002, 2004a, 2006, Morgan in press). Interestingly, the common name, the Prince Regent Hardyhead, implies that the species is found in the Prince Regent River; however, the name presumably came from the fact that it was described from the Roe River, which lies within the Prince Regent Nature Reserve ( Ivantsoff et al. 1987). Perhaps the alternative but seldom used name, Freckled Hardyhead (see Ivantsoff et al. 1987, Allen et al. 2002) should be applied; otherwise Kimberley Hardyhead may be a more appropriate common name.