Species Batrachomoeus occidentalis Hutchins, 1976

Museums

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External Links

• Batrachomoeus occidentalis Hutchins, J.B. 1976. A revision of the Australian frogfishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4(1): 3-43 figs 1-17 [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.23702-001, Exmouth Gulf, WA, 14-20 m.
  Paratype(s) AM I.18472-001; BMNH 1975.10.10.1; WAM P.9343-001; WAM P.23876-001; WAM P.23877-001 1 skeleton; WAM P.25091-001; WAM P.25092-001; WAM P.25093-001 2 specimens.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rottnest Island (32°00'S, 115°15'E) to Arafura Sea, north of Goulburn Island, NT (9°18'S, 133°12'E), WA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

20 m - 200 m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [62]

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Family Batrachoididae. pp. 629-632 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. [630]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [38]

Greenfield, D.W., Winterbottom, R. & Collette, B.B. 2008. Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 59(15): 665-710 [Date published 31 Dec.] [681]

Hutchins, J.B. 1976. A revision of the Australian frogfishes. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4(1): 3-43 figs 1-17 [23-26]

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. [271]

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. [76]

 

Common Name References

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. [76] (Western Frogfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Nov-2015	BATRACHOIDIFORMES	21-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED