Species Antipodocottus elegans Fricke & Brunken, 1984

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• Antipodocottus elegans Fricke, R. & Brunken, H. 1984. A new cottid fish of the genus Antipodocottus (Teleostei : Scorpaeniformes) from eastern Australia, with a key to the species of the genera Stlengis and Antipodocottus. Journal of Natural History 18: 41-46 figs 1-4 [41, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.18795–007, off Wollongong, NSW, 220 fathoms [34°21´S, 151°24´E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Southport, QLD (28º01´S) to off Maria Island, TAS (42º42´S); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

150–735 m.

 

General References

Nelson, J.S. 1990. Redescription of Antipodocottus elegans (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) from Australia, with comments on the genus. Copeia 1990(3): 840-846 [840]

Nelson, J.S. & Carpenter, K.E. 1999. Family Cottidae. pp. 2425-2426 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2426]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Cottidae. pp. 951-952 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. [952]

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. [477]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	14-Mar-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED