Species Bathystethus cultratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Cichla cultrata Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls. [343] [Sciaena cultrata ex Forster MS listed as a junior synonym; name from the latin adjective cultratus = knife-shaped].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1845.2.21.3, Norfolk Island.

  Type locality references:

  Günther, A. 1860. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Squamipinnes, Cirrhitidae, Triglidae, Trachinidae, Sciaenidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Xiphiidae. London : British Museum Vol. 2 548 pp. [391].
• Platystethus guentheri Ogilby, J.D. 1889. Notes on some fishes new to the Australian fauna. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889: 151-158 [157].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM I.1847, Lord Howe Island; CAS (missing), Lord Howe Island.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Waite, E.R. 1904. Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. No. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 5(3): 135-186 fig. 32 pls 17-24 [161]
• Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [399]

 

Generic Combinations

• Bathystethus cultratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). —
  Gill, T.N. 1893. A comparison of antipodal faunas. Memoirs of the National Academy of Science Washington 6(5): 91-124 [123] (changed combination as type of genus Bathystethus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Julian Rocks (28º37´S) to Port Stephens (32º50´S), NSW, also Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island; temperate, south-west Pacific.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, marine, pelagic, rock reef.

 

General References

Waite, E.R. 1904. Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. No. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 5(3): 135-186 fig. 32 pls 17-24 [161, pl.19, fig. 2] (description)

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Grey Knifefish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Feb-2015		13-Feb-2012	MOVED
23-Nov-2012		11-Jan-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)