Species Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883
Rusty Worm Eel, Intermediate Thrush-eel, Slender Worm-eel
- Moringua ferruginea Bliss, R. 1883. Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius 13: 45-63 [not seen] [57].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 6156, Mauritius. - Aphthalmichthys intermedius Ogilby, J.D. 1907. Symbranchiate and apodal fishes new to Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 20: 1-15 [9] [see Introduction].
Type data:
Holotype MMUS (apparently lost), north coast of Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Castle, P.H.J. 1968. A contribution to a revision of the moringuid eels. Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Rhodes University 3: 1-29 figs 1-3 [23]
Generic Combinations
- Rataboura intermedia (Ogilby, 1907). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [70]
Introduction
The synonymy presented here is tentative. Kottelat (2013) regarded Aphthalmichthys intermedius Ogilby, 1907 as a junior synonym of Moringua guthriana (McClelland, 1844). The type was from northern Australia and it has been suggested Darwin, but no species of Moringua is currently known from the Northern Territory (see Larson et al. 2013). The type specimen has not been located.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Hibernia Reef, WA (11º58'S, 123º23'E) to One Tree Island (23º30´S), QLD, but apparently absent from the NT, also Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island, records from the NT based on misidentified Allips concolor McCosker, 1972; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Distribution References
- Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S .J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219 [208]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [26] (reported that the species is not known from the NT)
- Russell, B.C., Larson, H.K., Hutchins, J.B. & Allen, G.R. 2005. Reef fishes of the Sahul Shelf. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1 2005: 83-105 [87]
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, burrower, continental shelf, coral reef.
Extra Ecological Information
11-40m.
General References
Allen, G.R. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. 1994. Fishes of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 412: 1-21 [6]
Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [348]
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663 [39-40]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [70] (as Rataboura intermedia)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [48] (341, as Aphthalmichthys intermedius)
Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese. 2006. Moringuidae. pp. 238-240 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. [239] (in part)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (383, as Rataboura intermedia)
Common Name References
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [49] (Intermediate Thrush-eel)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [33] (Slender Worm-eel)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Rusty Worm Eel)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [18] (Rusty Worm Eel)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2019 | ELOPOMORPHA | 01-Oct-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) |
| 24-Sep-2011 | ANGUILLIFORMES | 24-Sep-2011 | MOVED | Dr Dianne Bray |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |