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Author
Morgan, David L.
Author
Allen, Gerald R.
Author
Pusey, Bradley J.
Author
Burrows, Damien W.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-04-12
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64
journal article
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Craterocephalus lentiginosus
Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen
Prince Regent Hardyhead or Freckled Hardyhead
Endemic to the Kimberley region,
Craterocephalus lentiginosus
was previously believed to be restricted to the upper Roe River (
Allen 1975
,
Ivantsoff
et al
. 1987
), however, there is a specimen record from the Trent River near Kimbolton in 1975 (WAM P. 28010-002). More recently, the species has been collected from numerous sites in the Fitzroy and Carson Rivers (
Fig. 16
) (
Allen & Leggett 1990
,
Allen & Allen 1998
,
Morgan
et al
. 2002
,
2004a
, 2006, Morgan in press). Interestingly, the common name, the Prince Regent Hardyhead, implies that the species is found in the Prince Regent River; however, the name presumably came from the fact that it was described from the Roe River, which lies within the Prince Regent Nature Reserve (
Ivantsoff
et al
. 1987
). Perhaps the alternative but seldom used name, Freckled Hardyhead (see
Ivantsoff
et al
. 1987
,
Allen
et al
. 2002
) should be applied; otherwise Kimberley Hardyhead may be a more appropriate common name.