Species Lipolagus ochotensis (Schmidt, 1938)
Fatty Deepsea Smelt, Eared Blacksmelt
- Bathylagus ochotensis Schmidt, P.J. 1938. Three new deepsea fishes from the Okhotsk Sea. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 19(8): 653-656 [654].
Type data:
Holotype ZIL 24498 (depth 592 m), Kamchatka, Okhotsk Sea [55°18´N, 146°39´E].
Generic Combinations
- Lipolagus ochotensis (Schmidt, 1938). —
Kobyliansky, S.G. 1986. Materials for a revision of the family Bathylagidae (Teleostei, Salmoniformes). Transactions. P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology 121: 6-50 [in Russian] [47] (changed combination as type species of genus Lipolagus)
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Off Newcastle (33º01´S, 153º00'E) to off Brush Island (35º36´S, 150º55'E), NSW; temperate, north Pacific.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)
Ecological Descriptors
Bathypelagic, epipelagic, marine, mesopelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
0-6100 m.
General References
Kobyliansky, S.G. 1985. Material for the revision of the genus Bathylagus Günther (Bathylagidae): the group of "light" deepsea smelts. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 25(1): 51-67 [in Russian; English translation in J. Ichthyol. 25(2): 1–17] [59] (as Bathylagus ochotensis)
Kobyliansky, S.H. 1990. Taxonomic status of microstomatid fishes and problems of classification of suborder Argentinoidei (Salmoniformes, Teleostei). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 125: 148-177 [148]
Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Microstomatidae. pp. 373-378 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. [376]
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. [169] (as Bathylagus ochotensis)
Common Name References
Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Eared Blacksmelt)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Fatty Deepsea Smelt)
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 | 13-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |