Species Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909
Longfin Slickhead
Compiler and date details
15 March 2012 - Dianne J. Bray
- Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, R.T. 1909. A description of the deep sea fish caught by the R.I.M.S. ship Investigator since the year 1900, with supposed evidence of mutation in Malthopsis. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 2(3): 139-180 figs 1-8 pls 44-50 [147, pl. 44].
Type data:
Holotype ZSI 2374/1 (depth 693 fathoms), Bay of Bengal.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
East of Townsville, QLD (18º45'S, 150º32'E) to off Sydney, NSW (33º42'S, 152°03'E); tropical, southeast-Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
900-1500 m.
General References
Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Alepocephalidae. pp. 384-393 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. [386]
Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 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. [1892]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Longfin Slickhead)
History of changes
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