Species Bathydraco marri Norman, 1938
Deep-water Dragon, Deepwater Dragon
- Bathydraco marri Norman, J.R. 1938. Coast fishes. Part III. The Antarctic zone. Discovery Reports 18: 1-105 [Date published May] [55].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1937.7.12.671 (Depth 520 meters), Ross Sea, Discovery station 1658, Antarctica [76°09.6'S, 168°40'E].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Prydz Bay (66°S, 77°59'E), but circum-Antarctic so probably throughout Australian Antarctic Territory; Southern Ocean (South Orkney Islands), circum-Antarctic
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth range: 300-1250 m.
General References
Balushkin, A.V. 2000. Morphology, classification, and evolution of notothenioid fishes of the Southern Ocean (Notothenioidei, Perciformes). Journal of Ichthyology 40(Supplement 1): 74-109 [S98]
Eastman, J.T. & Eakin, R.R. 2000. An updated species list for notothenioid fish (Perciformes; Notothenioidei), with comments on Antarctic species. Archive of Fishery and Marine Research 48(1): 11-20 [17]
Gon, O. 1990. Bathydraconidae. pp. 364-380 in Gon, O. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. Grahamstown : J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 462 pp. [369]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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NOTOTHENIOIDEI | 14-Jun-2012 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |