Coverage

 

 

 

In addition to the illustrated species, the following tropical species reach into northern NSW, with specimens very rarely being recorded as far south as Sydney:

  • Tonna allium (Dillwyn, 1817). Indo-West Pacific to Sydney.

  • Tonna cepa (Roeding, 1798). (Synonyms canaliculata Linnaeus, 1758; testardi, Montrouzier, 1863). Indo-West Pacific. In NSW, known only from "Triton" dredging from Sydney Harbour.

  • Tonna dolium (Linnaeus, 1758). Indo-West Pacific, to Sydney. This species was misidentified in Iredale & McMichael's checklist as Tonna parvula Tapparone-Canefri, 1878.

  • Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758). (Synonym rufum Blainville, 1829) Indo-West Pacific to Sydney.

  • Malea pomum (Linnaeus, 1758). Indo-West Pacific. In NSW, known only from "Triton" dredging from Sydney Harbour.

 

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