Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4edccf45-a069-4269-898e-aa74b2d9b7b1

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Chironemus maculosus
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Further details

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Online resources

Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author

Species Lists

RLS profile v3: Distribution: Lancelin, WA, to Port Phillip, Vic, and northern Tas.; Behaviour: The silver spot is a shy species that lives among kelp, and is probably a lot more abundant than the infrequent sightings by divers suggest; Threats: No major threats to this species are known; Max_size: 350 mm; Frequency: 0.177; Invasive: Not known to be invasive; IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed; Abundance: 2.200; Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade; Habitat: Exposed reef; Depth: 0–10 m; Description: It can be recognised by its mottled colouration, grumpy expression, and the presence of a silver spot on the gill cover and a dark oblique band leading down below the eye; Range: 1963.352; Common_Name: Kelpfish;Silver spot

Images

Threpterius maculosus
Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
Licence: ? All rights reserved. Image may not be used for any purpose without permission from the copyright holder
Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images

Is this image representative of species? YES | NO

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Chironemus maculosus	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Threpterius maculosus Richardson, 1850	Australian Faunal Directory
Threpterius maculosus Richardson, 1850	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Richardson, J. 1850. Notices of Australian fish. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 18 pp. 58-77 figs 1-3
Threpterius maculosus Richardson, 1850	Australian Faunal Directory

Common Names

Common name	Source
Silver Spot Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Chironemus maculosus (Richardson, 1850)

Silver Spot