Species Halieutaea fumosa Alcock, 1894

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• Halieutaea fumosa Alcock, A.W. 1894. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2(11). An account of a recent collection of bathybial fishes from the Bay of Bengal and from the Laccadive Sea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 63(2,2): 115-137 pls 6-7 [119].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZSI F.13716, Bay of Bengal, 145-250 fathoms [13°51'12"N, 80°28'12"E]; USNM 46757 (ex ZSI F.13726), Bay of Bengal, 145-250 fathoms [13°51'12"N, 80°28'12"E]; ZMA 102167, Bay of Bengal, 145-250 fathoms [13°51'12"N, 80°28'12"E]; BMNH 1895.1.3.9 (ex ZSI F13721), Bay of Bengal, 145-250 fathoms [13°51'12"N, 80°28'12"E].

  Type locality references:

  Menon, A.G.K. & Yazdani, G.M. 1968. Catalogue of type specimens in the Zoological Survey of India, Part 2, Fishes. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 61(1/2): 91-190 [164].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Exmouth, WA (22°S, 114°E) to off Bucaneer Archipelago, WA (15°S, 124°E) and Arafura Sea, NT, Australian records from WA need confirmation; tropical, Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 30-200 m.

 

General References

Bradbury, M.G. 1999. Family Ogcocephalidae. pp. 2023-2025 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. [2025]

Bradbury, M.G. 2003. Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895 -- batfishes. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 17: 1-17 [5]

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (queried record)

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [22]

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. [285]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Ogcocephalidae. pp. 652-654 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. [654]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Smoky Seabat)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	15-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED