Apistidae

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 : 83

Apistidae

(waspfishes)

Apistops caloundra ( de Vis, 1886) Shortfin Waspfish Apistus caloundra De Vis, 1886: 145 (Caloundra, Qld) . Apistops caloundra — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 335 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 439 (NT);

Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Poss 1999: 2309 (near Groote Eylandt); Hoese et al. 2006:

894 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

W of Nilpaiwa Island, Milingimbi.

Apistus carinatus ( Bloch and Schneider, 1801) Longfin Waspfish Scorpaena carinata Bloch and Schneider, 1801: 193 ( Tranquebar, India). Apistus carinatus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 335 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]). Hypodytes carinatus — Paxton et al. 1989: 442 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al.

1992: 66 (Fog Bay; Melville Island area ; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Poss 1999: 2310

(Timor and Arafura Seas); Hoese et al. 2006: 894 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

Shoal Bay; N of Smith Point; Groote Eylandt.

Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees, 1964

Humpback Waspfish

Cheroscorpaena tridactyla Mees 1964: 1 , pl.1 (Frederik Hendrik Is., New Guinea).— Davis and May 1989: 159 (East Alligator River mouth); Larson 1997: 29 (Kakadu); Larson 1999b: 31 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 26 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 40 (South Alligator River; East Alligator River); Larson 2002: 32 (Wildman River; West Alligator River; West Alligator Head; East Alligator River).