Species Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith, 1981

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• Nettastoma solitarium Castle, P. & Smith, D. in Smith, D.G., Böhlke, J.E. & Castle, P.H.J. 1981. A revision of the nettastomatid eel genera Nettastoma and Nettenchelys (Pisces : Anguilliformes) with descriptions of six new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(2): 535-560 figs 1-12 [548, figs 2-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 1979–0187, west of Cabra Island, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, 415-510m [13°49.2'N, 120°01.8'E to 13°48.2'N, 120°02.5'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.20319-012, Australia, New South Wales, off Coffs Harbour, 265-275 m [30°20’S 153°26’E]; MNHP 1979-0188; MNHP 1979-0189.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf NW of Port Hedland (18°40'S, 116°42'E) to S of Scott Reef (14°39'S, 121°29'E) WA, and off Mooloolaba (26°39'S) QLD, to east of Coffs Harbour (30°21'S, 153°24'E), NSW; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

53-500 m

 

General References

Karmovskaya, E.S. 2004. Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology 44(Suppl. 1): 1-32 [S28]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Nettastomatidae. pp. 298-300 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [299]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [113]

Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Colocongridae, Derichthyidae, Muraenesocidae, Nemichtyhyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae, Serrivomeridae, Cyematidae, Saccopharyngidae, Eurypharyngidae, Monognathidae. pp. 1670-1697 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1690]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Solitary Duckbill Eel)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [20] (Solitary Duckbill Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	30-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
24-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	24-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED