Species Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801)
Snapper, Cockney, Cockney Bream, Eastern Snapper, Nobblers, Old Man, Old Man Red Snapper, Old Man Snapper, Pink Snapper, Pinkie, Pinkies, Queen, Red Bream, Reddie, Ruggers, Schnapper, Silver Seabream, Squire, Tamure, Western Snapper, White Snapper
- Labrus auratus Forster, J.R. in Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls [266].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. - Chrysophrys unicolor Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Chapter 8. Poissons. 183-328 pls 43-65 in Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris : Pillet Aîné Vol. 1 712 pp. 96 pls [299].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 704, Shark Bay, WA; MNHP, Dirk Hartog Island (as Isle Dirck-Hatichs), WA. - Pagrus guttulatus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 6 559 pp. pls 141-169 [160].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 8627–9, 8641, King George Sound, WA, Jervis Bay, NSW and New Zealand
Comment: Jervis Bay, NSW designated as type locality by Whitley (1931: 319), but no lectotype designated.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Paulin, C. 1990. Pagrus auratus, a new combination for the species known as "snapper" in Australasian waters (Pisces: Sparidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 24: 259-265 [260]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Townsville, QLD to north of Shark Bay, WA and Bass Strait, TAS; subtropical, temperate, south-west Pacific (New Zealand).
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- South Australia: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast
- Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, rubble bottom, soft bottom.
General References
Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [310] (as Chrysophrys auratus)
Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3002]
Gomon, M.F 1994. Family Sparidae. pp. 599-602, figs 530-531 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 [601] (as Chrysophrys auratus)
Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [315]
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [193] (as Chrysophrys auratus)
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [230] (as Pagrosomus auratus)
Paulin, C. 1990. Pagrus auratus, a new combination for the species known as "snapper" in Australasian waters (Pisces: Sparidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 24: 259-265 [260]
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs [195]
Roughley, T.C. 1957. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 341 pp. [76] (as Chrysophrys guttulatus)
Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [319] (type information)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [46] (1252, as Chrysophrys unicolor and 1253, as Chrysophrys guttulatus)
Common Name References
Allan, R. 2002. Australian Fish and How to Catch Them. Sydney : New Holland Publishers (Australia) 394 pp. [309] (Old Man Red Snapper, Pinkie, Reddie)
Carpenter, K.E. 2001. Sparidae, Lethrinidae. pp. 2990-3050 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [3002] (Silver Seabream)
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 [602] (Snapper, Cockney Bream, Nobblers, Queen, Ruggers, Schnapper, White Snapper)
Grant, E.M. 1991. Fishes of Australia. Brisbane : EM Grant Pty Ltd 480 pp. [202] (Eastern Snapper, Old Man Snapper, Western Snapper)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs [370] (Old Man, Tamure)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/ (Snapper)
Yearsley, G.K. (ed.) 1995. Marketing Names for Fish and Seafood in Australia. Canberra : Department of Primary Industries and Energy 170 pp. [82] (Pinkies)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [73] (Cockney, Pink Snapper, Red Bream, Squire)