Sparidae

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 : 139-140

Sparidae

(breams)

Acanthopagrus latus ( Houttuyn, 1782) Western Yellowfin Bream Sparus latus Houttuyn, 1782: 322 (Nagasaki) . Sparus berda — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 88 (Pellew; Darwin). Mylio latus —Munro 1949: 201 (Pellew Islands); Blaber et al. 1992: 9 (Groote Eylandt). Caeso latus — Taylor 1964: 210 (Nightcliff; Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt). Acanthopagrus latus — Waddy 1988: 47 (Groote Eylandt); Hoese et al. 2006: 1227 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N

coast).

Off Lee Point (not kept).

Acanthopagrus pacificus Iwatsuki, Kume and Yoshino, 2010

Pacific Bream

Chrysophrys australis — Günther, 1859: 494 (in part; Port Essington).

Chrysophrys hasta — Macleay 1878: 351 (Port Darwin).

Chrysophrys australis — Rendahl 1922: 190 (Port Darwin).

Sparus berda — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 88 (Pellew Islands).

Sparus australis — McCulloch 1929: 231 (Northern Territory).

Mylio berda —Munro 1949: 195 (Darwin and Pellew Islands).

Caeso berda — Taylor 1964: 210 (Emerald River, Groote Eylandt; Melville Bay).

Acanthopagrus berda — Davis 1988: 164 (upstream Buffalo Creek); Blaber et al. 1992: 9 (Groote Eylandt); Larson 1992: 8 (Bing Bong Creek; Home Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 361 (NW side Channel Island; East Arm; Talc Head); Larson 1997: 34 (Field Island); Larson 1998: 34 (Maxwell Creek, Melville Island); Larson 1999b: 36 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 28 (Field Island); Carpenter 2001: 2996, plate XVI, 115 (Buchanan I., Northern Territory); Hoese et al. 2006: 1226 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, Darwin).

Acanthopagrus pacificus Iwatsuki, Kume and Yoshino, 2010: 116–121 (Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Islands, Japan).

Middle Arm, East Arm, King Creek, Channel Island; Talc Head; Darwin Harbour; Gunn Point; creek on

NE side Milingimbi.

Acanthopagrus palmaris (Whitley, 1935)

Northwest Black Bream

Roughleyia palmaris Whitley, 1935a: 234 (Port Hedland, WA).

Acanthopagrus palmaris — Hoese et al. 2006: 1227 (NT; N coast).

Channel Island.

Further material is required to confirm the presence of this species in the NT; the record may refer to A. pacificus .

Argyrops spinifer ( Forsskål, 1775) Frypan Bream Sparus spinifer Forsskål, 1775 : xi, 32 (Djeddah, Red Sea). Argyrops spinifer — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 342 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 83

(Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 1228 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

SE of Evans Shoal; NE of Goulburn Island.

Dentex spariformis Ogilby, 1910

Yellowback Bream

Dentex spariformis Ogilby, 1910b: 91 (36 miles south from Moreton Island , Queensland).

Dentex tumifrons — Ramm 1997: 18 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Hoese et al. 2006: 1228 (NT; N coast).

Dentex spariformis —Iwatsuki et al. 2007: 39 (northwest of Melville Island; western part of Lyndoch Bank; Lyndoch Bank).

SE of Evans Shoal; W of Lynedoch Bank.

Pagrus major ( Temminck and Schlegel, 1843)

Pink Seabream

Chrysophrys major Temminck and Schlegel, 1843: 71 (all bays of Japan).

Evans Shoal.

New record for the NT and for Australia (NTM S.15774-001, S.16252-001).

Rhabdosargus sarba ( Forsskål, 1775)

Tarwhine

Sparus sarba Forsskål, 1775: 31 (Djiddae, Red Sea).

Rhabdosargus sarba — Hoese et al. 2006: 1230 (NT; N coast).