Latidae, D.S.Jordan, 1888

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 : 93-94

Latidae

(barramundi)

Hypopterus macropterus ( Günther, 1859)

Spiky Bass

Psammoperca macroptera Günther, 1859: 69 (Victoria, Port Essington ).

This is the only record known from the NT of this species.

Lates calcarifer ( Bloch, 1790)

Barramundi

Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790: 100 ( Japan) .

Lates darwiniensis Macleay, 1878: 345 (Port Darwin, NT).

Pseudolates cavifrons — Macleay 1878: 345 (Port Darwin).

Lates calcarifer — Zietz 1891: 2 (Northern Territory); Rendahl 1922: 189 (Port Darwin; Daly River); McCulloch 1929: 199 (Northern Territory); Taylor 1964: 164 (Nightcliff; Little Lagoon; Groote Eylandt; Oenpelli; Red Lily Lagoon); Midgley 1973: 5–10 (Cannon Hill; Cooper Creek; Magela Plain; Mudginbarry Station; Nourlangie Creek; Jim Jim Falls; Deaf Adder Creek); Pollard 1974: 35 (East Alligator River); Midgley 1975: Appendix A (Toogangini Creek; Glyde River; Eight-mile Hole; Kilgour River; Frog Lagoon; McArthur River); Midgley 1979: Appendix B (Limmen Bight River; Roper River; Hodgson River; Wilton River; Waterhouse River); Midgley 1980: Appendix B (Katherine River; Daly River; Fergusson River; Fish River); Midgley 1981: Appendix B (Armstrong River; Victoria River; Neave Creek; Wickham River; East Baines River; West Baines River; Keep River); Midgley 1982: Appendix B (Foelsche River; Robinson River; Calvert River; Bluey Creek); Midgley 1983: Appendix B (Towns River; Phelp River; Rose River tributary; Mainoru River; Liverpool River; Goomadeer River); Midgley1984: appendix B (Mary River; UDP Falls; Mt Ringwood lagoon; Reynolds River; Adelaide River); Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Davis 1988: 164 (upstream Buffalo Creek); Paxton et al. 1989: 482 (NT); Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 9 (Home Creek); Midgley 1994: 4 (Fergusson River); Larson 1996: 10 (Towns River); Larson and Williams 1997: 354 (mouth of Elizabeth River; N side Channel Island; Woods Inlet); Larson 1997: 30 (Kakadu); Larson 1998: 31 (Andranangoo Creek, Melville Island); Larson 1999a: 21 (Sandy Creek and Keep River); Larson 1999b: 32 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 27 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 40 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 2431 (northern Australia; map); Larson 2002: 33 (Kakadu); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 11 (Moyle River; Anopheles Creek; Tom Turner Creek; Daly/Katherine Rivers; Mainoru River; Jasper Creek; Wilton River; Goyder River; Dook Creek; Maiwok Creek; Barmguerikba Creek; Bradshaw Creek; King River; Bradshaw Creek; Giddy River; Wonga Creek; Cato River; Habgood River); Hoese et al. 2006: 967 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, N coastal, N Gulf); Dally and Larson 2008: 16 (Roper River, Elsey/Moroak Stations).

Creek on NE side Milingimbi.

Psammoperca waigiensis ( Cuvier, 1828)

Sand Bass

Labrax waigiensis Cuvier , in Cuvier and Valenciennes 1828: 83 (Waigiou).

Psammoperca waigiensis — Taylor 1964: 164 (Little Lagoon; Groote Eylandt; Yirrkalla); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 337 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 483 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 9 (Bing Bong Creek; Home Creek; Mule Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 354 (E of South Shell Island); Larson 2000: 2432 (northern Australia); Hoese et al. 2006: 968 (NT; N coast). Pellew Islands (AMS material).