Species Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin & Becker, 1970

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External Links

• Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Parin, N.V. & Becker, V.E. 1970. Materials for a revision of the trichiuroid fishes of the genus Benthodesmus, with the description of four new species and one new subspecies. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 83(33): 351-364 figs 1-2 [356, fig. 2b].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 39125, Arafura Sea [9°01'S, 130°39'E].
  Paratype(s) ZIL 39125a.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf, WA, (18°40'S) to Arafura Sea (131°22'E), NT; tropical, east Indian (Java).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental slope, marine, pelagic.

 

General References

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [75]

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 2001. Gempylidae, Trichiuridae. pp. 3698-3720 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3716]

 

Common Name References

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [75] (Bigeye Frostfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-May-2013		15-May-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)