Latridopsis forsteri (Castelnau, 1872)
Bastard Trumpeter
- Species presence
- Recorded In Australia
- Marine Habitats
Occurrence records map
Description
The Bastard Trumpeter can be recognised by its silver-grey colouration with short, irregular brown or greenish-brown lines on the upper sides. Adult fishes have a dark caudal fin margin. source: Australian Museum Factsheets
Online resources
- Australian Museum Factsheets
- Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
- Australian National Fish Collection Images
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- Encyclopedia of Life
- Description
- Reef Life Survey Images
- Images, Occurrence record
- Wikipedia
- Reference, Images
Species Lists
- RLS profile v3
- Habitat: Exposed reef, sand
- Distribution: Robe, SA, to Sydney, NSW, and around Tas.
- Common_Name: Bastard trumpeter;
- Threats: Recreational and commercial fishing
- Invasive: Not known to be invasive
- Abundance: 9.611
- Commercial_Uses: It is frequently caught by fishers in Tas using gillnets
- Max_size: 650 mm
- IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed
- Behaviour: Most animals caught in shallow water are less than five years old and weigh less than a kilogram; mature animals up to 30 years old occur in deeper water and are also occasionally seen towards the north of the range. It is the only trumpeter commonly seen by divers.
- Description: Most animals caught in shallow water are less than five years old and weigh less than a kilogram; mature animals up to 30 years old occur in deeper water and are also occasionally seen towards the north of the range. It is the only trumpeter commonly seen by divers.
- Frequency: 4.412
- Depth: 0–60 m
- Range: 265.282
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Names and sources
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Latridopsis forsteri |
Synonyms
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Latris bilineata Castelnau, 1872 | |
| Published in: Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc. Vict. Vol. 1 pp. 29-242 1 pl. | |
| Latris forsteri Castelnau, 1872 | |
| Published in: Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc. Vict. Vol. 1 pp. 29-242 1 pl. | |
| Latris inornata Castelnau, 1872 | |
| Published in: Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc. Vict. Vol. 1 pp. 29-242 1 pl. | |
| Latridopsis aerosa Hutton, 1877 | |
| Latridopsis aerosa Hutton, 1877 | |
| Published in: Ayling, T. & Cox, G.J. 1982. Collins Guide to the Seafishes of New Zealand Auckland : Collins pp. 343 pp. 48 pls 475 figs | |
| Micropus muelleri Steindachner, 1879 | |
| Published in: Steindachner, F. 1879. Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den k.k. Zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. Denkschr. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien Vol. 41 (2) pp. 1-52 figs 1-9 | |
| Latridopsis ramsayi (Ogilby, 1885) | |
| Latridopsis ramsayi (Ogilby, 1885) | |
| Published in: McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Mem. Aust. Mus. Vol. 5 pp. 145–329 | |
| Latris ramsayi Ogilby, 1885 | |
| Published in: Ogilby, J.D. 1885. Descriptions of new fishes from Port Jackson. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Ser. 1 Vol. 10 (2) pp. 225-230 | |
| Evistius huttonii tasmaniensis Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 | |
| Published in: Whitley, G.P. & Phillipps, W.J. 1939. Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. Trans. R. Soc. N.Z. Vol. 69 (2) pp. 228-236 figs 21-22 | |
Common Names
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Bastard Trumpeter | |
| Copper Moki | |
| Red | |
| Red Bastard Trumpeter | |
| Silver Bastard Trumpeter | |
| Silver Trumpeter | |
| Trumpeter | |
| White And Silver Bastard Trumpeter | |
| White Bastard Trumpeter |
Working classification
- kingdom
- ANIMALIA
- phylum
- CHORDATA
- subphylum
- VERTEBRATA
- suprageneric
- GNATHOSTOMATA
- suprageneric
- PISCES
- class
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- subphylum
- EUTELEOSTEI
- superorder
- ACANTHOPTERYGII
- order
- PERCIFORMES
- suborder
- PERCOIDEI
- family
- LATRIDAE
- genus
- Latridopsis
- species
- Latridopsis forsteri
Occurrence records
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