Species Argentina australiae Cohen, 1958

Museums

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External Links

• Argentina elongata australiae Cohen, D.M. 1958. A revision of the fishes of the subfamily Argentininae. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum. Biological Sciences 3(3): 93-172 figs 1-9 [138].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS(SU) 49730, off Eden, NSW.
  Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 49528 (11 specimens); CAS(SU) 49731.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Argentina elongata Hutton, 1879 [misidentification using New Zealand species name, which was used in Australia prior to the description of A. australiae]. —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [44]
  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] [199]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Scotts Head, NSW (30°43'S, 153°16'E) to northwest of Broome, WA (17º26´S, 120º26'E) and TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, benthopelagic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

62-306 m

 

General References

Glover, C.J.M. 1994. Family Argentinidae. 239 fig. 213 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [239]

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Argentinidae. pp. 198-199 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [199]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [18]

Kobyliansky, S.G. 2004. Argentina brasiliensis sp. nova (Argentinidae) new species of argentinid fish from the coastal subtropical waters of the southwestern Atlantic. Journal of Ichthyology 44(8): 563-568 [607]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [205]

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] [29] (199, as A. elongata)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Argentinidae. pp. 369-370 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. [370]

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. [166]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (220)

 

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Argentinidae. pp. 198-199 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [199] (Silverside)

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [239] (Deepsea Smelt)

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [205] (Silverside)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Munro, I.S.R. [1956–] 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos. 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1–172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [29]) (Silverside)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	20-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
06-Jun-2016		20-May-2015	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED