Species Bleekeria mitsukurii Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Mitsukuri's Sandlance
Compiler and date details
14 March 2015 - Dianne J. Bray
- Bleekeria mitsukurii Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1902. Notes on a collection of fishes from the island of Formosa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25(1289): 315-368 figs 1-29 [333].
Type data:
Holotype CAS(SU) 7133, Yilan (as Giran), Taiwan.
Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 67143
Comment: Lectotype designation by Pietsch & Zabetian 1990, but designation not needed as Jordan and Evermann 1902 established the type on p. 334, two specimens mentioned, but only one listed as Type.
Introduction
Records of this species from Australia were excluded from Australia by Hoese & Bray (2006) based on advice from B. Collette, who suggested the species was probably undescribed. However, the name is in wide usage for a species in Australia and is tentatively retained here pending further studies. Randall & Ida (2014) recognised the species as being widespread in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Northwest Shelf (18°45'S, 119°05'E to 16°43'S, 121°02'E), WA and Coral Sea (19°38'S, 150°30'E) to Marian Plateau (19°44'S, 146°20'E), QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthopelagic, continental shelf, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
30-380 m.
General References
Collette, B.B. 2001. Ammodytidae. 3518 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. [3518]
Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ammodytidae. pp. 1507-1508 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. [1507]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [42]
Ida, H., Sirimontaporn, P. & Monkolprasit, S. 1994. Comparative morphology of the fishes of the family Ammodytidae, with a description of two new genera and two new species. Zoologische Jahrbücher 33(4): 251-277 figs 1-14
Pietsch, T.W. & Zabetian, C.P. 1990. Osteology and interrelationships of the sand lances (Teleostei: Ammodytidae). Copeia 1990(1): 78-100 [79]
Randall, J.E. & Ida, H. 2014. Three new species of sand lances (Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from the southwest Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 12: 1-11 [6]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRACHINOIDEI | 08-Feb-2012 | ADDED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |