Species Bathysauroides gigas (Kamohara, 1952)
Pale Deepsea Lizardfish
- Bathysaurops gigas Kamohara, T. 1952. Revised descriptions of the offshore bottom-fishes of Prov. Tosa, Shikoku, Japan. Reports of the Kôchi University, Natural Science 3: 1-122 figs 1-100 [14, fig. 11].
Type data:
Holotype BSKU 3852, Mimase, Kochi, Japan.
Generic Combinations
- Bathysauroides gigas (Kamohara, 1952). —
Baldwin, C.C. & Johnson, G.D. 1996. Interrelationships of Aulopiformes. pp. 355-404 in Stiassny, M.L.J., Parenti, L.R. & Johnson, G.D. (eds). Interrelationships of Fishes. San Diego : Academic Press 496 pp. [358] (changed combination as type of genus Bathysauroides)
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Dampier, WA (19º17´–18º23´S) and off Raine Island (11º35´S) to northwest of Townsville, QLD (17°57'S); tropical, north-west Pacific (Japan).
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope.
General References
Davis, M.P. 2010. Evolutionary relationships of the Aulopiformes (Euteleostei: Cyclosquamata): a molecular and total evidence approach. pp. 431-470 in Nelson, J.S., Schultze, H.-P. & Wilson, M.V.H. Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts. München, Germany : Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 480 pp. [435]
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. (as gen. and sp. nov.)
Paxton, J.R. & Niem, V.H. 1999. Families Aulopidae, Chlorophthalmidae, Ipnopidae, Scopelarchidae, Notosudidae. pp. 1919-1927 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1924]
Shcherbachev, N.P. & Pakhorukov, N.P. 2002. On diagnostic features and distribution of species of mesobenthic genus Bathysauropsis (Aulopiformes, Ipnopidae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 42(4): 564-566 (as Bathysauropsis gigas)
Somiya, H., Yamakawa, T. & Okiyama, M. 1996. Bathysauropsis gigas, a deep-sea aulopiform fish with a peculiar iris process and a pure-cone retina. Journal of Fish Biology 49: 175–181 (as Bathysauropsis gigas)
Yamakawa, T. 1981. Second record of Bathysauropsis gigas (Kamohara) from Kochi, Japan. The Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciences of the Kochi University Ser. D (Bio1.)(2): 29-32
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pale Deepsea Lizardfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2016 | AULOPIFORMES | 16-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |