Species Paratriacanthodes retrospinis Fowler, 1934
Sawspine Spikefish
- Paratriacanthodes retrospinis Fowler, H.W. 1934. Descriptions of new fishes obtained in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 85: 233-367 figs 1-115 [364, fig. 114].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 93171, off Formosa [= Taiwan], China Sea.
Paratype(s) USNM 93485.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Shark Bay (24°51'S) to Northwest Shelf, WA (14°51'S), and off northern Queensland (9°53'S) to east off Montague Island (36°09'S), NSW; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
390–550 m.
General References
Tyler, J.C. 1968. A monograph on plectognath fishes of the superfamily Triacanthoidea. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16: 1-364 figs 1-209 [149]
Tyler, J.C. 1997. New species of Paratriacanthodes spikefish (Triacanthodidae: Tetraodontiformes) from the South China Sea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(2): 310-313 [313]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Sawspine Spikefish)
Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [889] (Sawspine Spikefish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |