Species Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888)
Baldhead Halosaur, Hawaiian Halosaurid Fish
- Halosaurus phalacrus Vaillant, L.L. 1888. Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. Paris : G. Masson 406 pp. 28 pls. [185, pls 15(fig. 3), 16(figs 1-1c)].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 1885-382, Morocco, Sudan, Azores.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1890.6.16.56 (ex MNHP); MNHP 1885-385, 1885-386, 1885-388, 1885-398 (6); USNM 42105.Subsequent designation references:
Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences 2905 pp., 3 vols. [1328].
Generic Combinations
- Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888). —
McDowell, S.B. 1973. Suborder Halosauroidei, family Halosauridae. In, Cohen, D.M. (ed.) Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Memoir. Sears Foundation of Marine Research 1(6): 32-123 figs 6-13 [105] (changed combination cited)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Great Australian Bight SW of Ceduna (34º39'S, 132º24'E) to north of Rowley Shoals (16º38'S, 119º09'E), WA, and Coral Sea east of Cape York (10º32'S, 145º38'E) to east of Woolgoolga, NSW (30º06'S, 153º36'E), also north-east of Lord Howe Island; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
1022–1500 m.
General References
Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Halosauridae. pp. 229-231 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. [230]
Shelyagin, D.I. 2010. Osteology of Halosauridae (Notacanthiformes). Journal of Ichthyology 50(7): 512-518 [515]
Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Lipogenyidae, Anguillidae, Moringuidae, Chlopsidae, Myrocongridae. pp. 1625-1642 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. [1626]
Common Name References
FAO-FIES 2017. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Hawaiian Halosaurid Fish)
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Hawaiian Halosaurid Fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Baldhead Halosaur)
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] (Baldhead Halosaur)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Mar-2019 | ELOPOMORPHA | 17-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) |
27-Jul-2016 | NOTACANTHIFORMES | 19-May-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
26-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |