Species Blachea xenobranchialis Karrer & Smith, 1980

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Blachea xenobranchialis Karrer, C. & Smith, D.G. 1980. A new genus and species of congrid eel from the Indo-west Pacific. Copeia 1980(4): 642-648 figs 1-6 [643, figs. 1-6].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 1979–0001 (female), Mozambique Channel, 348-360m [12°43'S, 48°15'E].
  Paratype(s) MNHP 1979–0002; ANSP 140405.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Shark Bay, WA (25°08'S, 112°09'E) to west of Browse Island, WA (14°04'S, 122°37'E), and off Lizard Island, QLD (14°40'S, 145°27'E) to east of Flinders Reefs, Coral Sea (17°30'S, 149°36'E); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

280-445 m

 

General References

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.

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Congridae. pp. 287-297 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. [291]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [17]

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. [140]

 

Common Name References

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [19] (Frillgill Conger)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	30-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
23-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	23-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED