Genus Avocettina Jordan & Davis, 1891

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• Avocettina Jordan, D.S. & Davis, B.M. 1891. A preliminary review of the apodal fishes or eels inhabiting the waters of America and Europe. Report of the United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries 16: 581-677 pls 73-80 [1888] [655] [Nielsen, J.G. & Smith, D.G. 1978. The eel family Nemichthyidae (Pisces, Anguilliformes). Dana Report 88: 1–71 figs 1–36 pls 1–2 [22], pointed out that Avocettina is not preoccupied and is recognised instead of Borodinula Whitley, 1931].

  Type species:

   Nemichthys infans Günther, 1878 by original designation.
• Borodinula Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [334] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Avocettina Jordan & Davis, 1891].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

NEMICHTHYIDAE: Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878) [species not known from southern hemisphere, Australian records apparentlly based on A. paucipora] — Smith, D.G. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Families Derichthyidae, Nemichthyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae, Serrivomeridae. pp. 259-290 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [265]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

General References

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. [208]

Karmovskaya, E. S. 1982. Systematics and some aspects of ecology of the family Nemichthyidae. Proceedings of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology 118: 151-161 [In Russian, English summary] [152] (as Borodinula)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Nemichthyidae. pp. 284-286 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. [285]

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. [134]

Smith, D.G. 2008. Family Nemichthyidae. pp. 170-173 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [170]

Smith, D.G. & Nielsen, J.G. 1989. Family Nemichthyidae pp. 441–459 in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.) Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ., Part 9. 1-6555 pp.

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [193]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	08-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
24-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	24-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED