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Journal article
Range expansion of a widespread Indo-Pacific haemulid, the barred javelin Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830), in a climate change hotspot
Journal of Fish Biology, Vol.101(3), pp.736-740
13/09/2022
PMID: 35638389
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Abstract
The authors report a first sighting of a euryhaline fish in the climate change hot-spot along Australia's south-eastern coast. The barred javelin, Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830) was found in the Nambucca River in New South Wales, Australia in 2021 and 2022. Specimens were adult, suggesting they may not be transitory vagrants. The new southernmost location recorded here represents a ~200 km out of range sighting compared to previous records, and is ~380 km south of the southernmost Australian stronghold of the species in Moreton Bay, Queensland.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Climate change in the ocean is driving changes in the distribution of fish. Understanding where and when fish are expanding their ranges may allow more accurate prediction of fish responses to a warming climate, which is crucial for effective fisheries and conservation management. This study describes a first sighting of the barred javelin in a new southernmost locale along Australia's southeast coast, an area where waterways are warming faster than the global average.
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- Title
- Range expansion of a widespread Indo-Pacific haemulid, the barred javelin Pomadasys kaakan (Cuvier, 1830), in a climate change hotspot
- Creators
- Benjamin Mos - Southern Cross UniversityDaniel Mos - Dan Mos Construction (Wirrimbi, New South Wales)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Fish Biology, Vol.101(3), pp.736-740
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Grant note
- Funded information: Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Number: IN200010002
- Identifiers
- 991013031685202368
- Copyright
- This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsLicense, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Fish Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Fisheries Society of the British Isles. Open access publishing facilitated by Southern Cross University, as part of the Wiley - Southern Cross University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.
- Academic Unit
- National Marine Science Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article