Atherinidae, Risso, 1827

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 : 62-64

Atherinidae

(hardyheads)

Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801) Slender Hardyhead Atherina lacunosus Forster, 1801: 112 ( New Caledonia). Pranesus ogilbyi —Munro 1958: 101 (NT). Pranesus vaigiensis — Taylor 1964: 139 (Little Lagoon; Bartalumba Bay; Yirrkalla; Port Bradshaw). Pranesus maculatus Taylor, 1964: 140–143 (coral reef at Yirrkalla). Atherinomorus lacunosus — Whitehead and Ivantsoff 1983: 359 (Yirkalla); Paxton et al. 1989: 356 (Darwin, NT);

Larson and Williams 1997: 351 (Darwin); Kimura et al. 2001: 175 (Port Darwin; Arnhem Land); Hoese et al. 2006: 702 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Dudley Point reef, Darwin; McCluer Island; Entrance Island, Liverpool River; Marchinbar Island; Wigram Island; Town Beach, Gove. Pellew Islands; Cape Arnhem; Melville Bay (AMS specimens).

Craterocephalus capreoli Rendahl, 1922

Northwest Hardyhead

Craterocephalus capreoli Rendahl, 1922: 164 , 175 (Roebuck Bay, WA).— Crowley and Ivantsoff 1988: 161 (Nightcliff, Yirrkala ); Larson 1992: 8 (Bing Bong Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 351 (Nightcliff); Ivantsoff and Crowley 1999: 2129 (northwards to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory); Hoese et al. 2006: 705 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, Yirrkala ).

Craterocephalus pauciradiatus — Taylor 1964: 136 (Nightcliff; Little Lagoon; Bartalumba Bay; Yirrkalla); Potter et al. 1986: 34 (Yirkalla); Paxton et al. 1989: 357 ( Yirrkala, NT ).

East Point, Lee Point, Shoal Bay, Darwin; Milingimbi; East Woody Island, Gove.

Craterocephalus centralis Crowley and Ivantsoff, 1990

Finke Hardyhead

Craterocephalus eyresi —Munro 1958: 102 (inland NT);— Glover 1979: 58 (Glen Helen Gorge, Finke River); Glover and Sim 1978: 42–43 (Finke River drainage); Paxton et al. 1989: 358 (NT).

Craterocephalus eyresii — Glover 1982: 243 (Finke River drainage).

Craterocephalus cuneiceps —Allen 1982: 40 (Finke River system); Paxton et al. 1989: 358 (Finke River, NT).

Craterocephalus centralis Crowley and Ivantsoff, 1990: 92–95 (Glen Helen Gorge, Finke River, NT) .— Unmack 2001: 668 (Finke River); Allen et al. 2002: 128 (Finke River); Hoese et al. 2006: 705 (NT; Lake Eyre basin, Finke River).

Craterocephalus sp. — Midgley 1994: 3 (Finke River).

Two lots of paratypes from Ellery Creek and Hermannsburg ( NTM S.12527-001, S.12528-001) .

Craterocephalus marianae Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen 1987

Mariana’s Hardyhead

Craterocephalus sp. [in part]— Midgley 1973: 5, appendix B (Cooper Creek; Deaf Adder Creek).

Craterocephalus marjoriae — Pollard 1974: 30–31 (Alligator Rivers); Ivantsoff 1980: 136 (Northern Territory); Midgley 1983: Appendix B (Liverpool River); Midgley 1984: appendix B (South Alligator River).

Craterocephalus marianae Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen 1987: 171–188 (Magela Creek, Jabiru, NT) .— Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Allen et al. 2002: 136 (South and East Alligator Rivers; Mann River); Hoese et al. 2006: 708 (NT; N coastal, Mann River to South Alligator River).

Craterocephalus mugiloides ( McCulloch, 1912)

Spotted Hardyhead

Atherina mugiloides McCulloch, 1912: 47 (new name for Atherinichthys punctatus De Vis 1885 , preoccupied).

Allanetta mugiloides — Taylor 1964: 134 (Nightcliff; Little Lagoon; Groote Eylandt; Bartalumba Bay); Paxton et al. 1989: 355 (NT).

Craterocephalus mugiloides — Crowley and Ivantsoff 1988: 158 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 8 (Bing Bong Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 351 (Lee Point; reef by East Arm boat ramp); Larson 1999c: 26 (Field Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 708 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Buffalo Creek mouth, Channel Island, East Arm boat ramp, Darwin; Danger Point, Cobourg Peninsula;

Field Island; Inglis Island; Bing Bong Creek , Gulf of Carpentaria .

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (Günther, 1867)

Flyspecked Hardyhead

Atherina stercus muscarum Günther, 1867a: 64 (Cape York).

Craterocephalus worrelli Whitley, 1948a: 86 (Mataranka, Roper River, NT) .— Taylor 1964: 136 (Mataranka); Midgley 1973: appendix B (Nourlangie Creek); Midgley 1975: Appendix A (Glyde River; Eight-mile Hole; McArthur River).

Craterocephalus fluviatilis — Taylor 1964: 137 (Oenpelli; Red Lily Lagoon).

Craterocephalus sp. — Midgley 1973: 2, 9 (Red Lily Lagoon, Cannon Hill; Cooper Creek; Jim Jim Falls).

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum — Pollard 1974: 32–33 (Magela Creek; Oenpelli); Midgley 1979: Appendix B (Limmen Bight River; Rosie Creek; Hodgson River; Roper River; Wilton River; Waterhouse River); Midgley 1980: Appendix B (Katherine River; Dry–King River junction; Fergusson River; Fish River); Midgley 1981: Appendix B (East Baines River; Chinaman Creek); Midgley 1982: Appendix B (Tooganginnie Creek; Wearyan River; Foelsche River; Robinson River; Calvert River; Bluey Creek); Midgley 1983: Appendix B (Towns River; Phelp River; Walker River; Koolatong River; Goyder River; Mainoru River; Cadell River; Liverpool River; Goomadeer River); Midgley 1984: appendix B (South Alligator River; McKinley River; Howley Creek; Finniss River; Karns Creek); Dixon and Huxley 1985: 180 (Katji Lagoon [Goyder River area]; Glyde River area); Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Paxton et al. 1989: 358–359 (NT); Larson 1998: 32 (Mirikau-yunga Creek, Maxwell Creek, Andranangoo Creek, Melville Island); Larson 1999a: 21 (Sandy Creek and Keep River); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 10 (Moyle River; Anopheles Creek; Tom Turner Creek; Daly/Katherine River; Mainoru River; Jasper Creek; Wilton River; Goyder River; Dook Creek; Cato River; Habgood River; Buckingham River); Hoese et al. 2006: 709 (NT; N Gulf, Roper River); Dally 2010: 13 (Groote Eylandt); Dally and Larson 2008: 16 (Roper River, Elsey/ Moroak Stations).

Craterocephalus stramineus (Whitley, 1950)

Blackmast

Quiris stramineus Whitley, 1950c: 239 (Katherine River, NT) .

Quirichthys stramineus — Taylor 1964: 131 (Katherine River); Midgley 1980: Appendix B (Katherine River; Daly River; Fergusson River; Flora River; Fish River; Douglas River); Merrick and Schmida 1984: 151 (Victoria, Daly and Katherine River systems); Midgley 1984: appendix B (Finniss River); Paxton et al. 1989: 359 (NT); Midgley 1994: 4 (Fergusson River).

Quirichthys sp. — Midgley 1981: 26, 28 (Wickham River).

Craterocephalus stramineus — Allen et al. 2002: 139 (Victoria, Daly, Finniss, Katherine rivers); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 10 (Daly/Katherine River; Bradshaw Creek); Hoese et al. 2006: 709 (NT; N coastal; Katherine River).

Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1853)

Samoan Hardyhead

Atherina temminckii Bleeker, 1853d: 506 (Java) .

? Hypoatherina ovalaua —Collette 1983: 97 (Croker Island).

Hypoatherina temminckii — Paxton et al. 1989: 359 (Pellew Group, NT); Hoese et al. 2006: 710 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, Pellew Group)

? Hypoatherina sp. — Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt).

Croker Island; McCluer Island; North Oxley Island; Marchinbar Island. Port Bradshaw (AMS material).

Hypoatherina tropicalis (Whitley, 1948) Tropical Hardyhead Atherinosoma (Taeniomembras) tropicalis Whitley, 1948a: 87 (Whitsunday Passage, near Bowen, Queensland).

NTM S.13225-011, east side Wigram Island.

New record for the NT.

Stenatherina panatela ( Jordan and Richardson, 1908)

Panatela Hardyhead

Atherina panatela Jordan and Richardson, 1908: 243 (Calayan Island, Philippines).

Hypoatherina panatela — Taylor 1964: 143–144 (Bickerton Island; Winchelsea Island; Bartalumba Bay; Yirrkalla; Port Bradshaw).

Stenatherina panatela — Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt).