Species Arothron firmamentum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)
Starry Toadfish, Mainstay Puffer, Starry Toado
- Tetraodon firmamentum Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1846. Pisces. 248-289 pls 111-128, 129 (in part) in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(14, 15) [280, pl. 126(2)].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH 1560, Japan.
Paralectotype(s) RMNH 1559; RMNH 1560; RMNH 4034.Subsequent designation references:
Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5 [202].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Stradbroke Island, QLD (25°50'S) to SA, and TAS; subtropical, antitropical (north-west Pacific and south-west Pacific).
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast, SE oceanic
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
Ecological Descriptors
Inshore, oceanic province, pelagic, rock reef.
Extra Ecological Information
To 180 m.
General References
Abe, T. 1952. Taxonomic studies on the puffers (Tetraodontidae, Teleostei) from Japan and adjacent regions. VII. Concluding remarks, with the introduction of two new genera, Fugu and Boesemanichthys. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 2(1): 35-44 figs 1-3 [40]
Hardy, G.S. 1994. Family Tetraodontidae. pp. 902-912, figs 795-804 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs [903]
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [422]
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs [514]
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [427] (as Tetraodon firmamentum)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [59] (2403 as Boesemanichthys firmamentum)
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs [903] (Starry Toado)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [422] (Mainstay Puffer)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/ (Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [514]) (Starry Toadfish)