Species Bathycallionymus bifilum (Fricke, 2000)
Western Ocellate Dragonet
Compiler and date details
2 October 2013 - Douglass F. Hoese, Dianne J. Bray & Matthew M. Lockett
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Dianne J. Bray
- Callionymus bifilum Fricke, R. 2000. Callionymidae of New Caledonia, with remarks on related species and descriptions of 10 new species from New Caledonia, Australia, New Guinea, and Hawaii (Teleostei). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 617: 1-81 figs 1-35 [52].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO 3532, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Timor Sea, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Bathycallionymus bifilum (Fricke, 2000). —
Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Callionymidae. pp. 1578-1592 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. [1579]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Callionymus moretonensis Johnson, 1971. —
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [265] (a misidentification)
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [270] (a misidentification)
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Holothuria Bank (125°55'E) to Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (128°21'E), WA; tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf.
Extra Ecological Information
84–87 m.
General References
Fricke, R. 2002. Annotated checklist of the dragonet families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (Teleostei: Callionymoidei), with comments on callionymid fish classification. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 645: 1-103 [14] (as Callionymus (Bathycallionymus) bifilum)
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [265] (as Callionymus moretonensis)
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [52] (as Callionymus moretonensis)
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western Ocellate Dragonet)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2013 | CALLIONYMOIDEI | 23-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |