Species Brotulotaenia crassa Parr, 1934

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External Links

• Brotulotaenia crassa Parr, A.E. 1934. Report on experimental use of a triangular trawl for bathypelagic collecting with an account of the fishes obtained and a revision of the family Cetomimidae. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 4(6): 1-59 figs 1-21 [36, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype YPM 3205 (Type Catalog: Moore, J.A. & Boardman, R. 1991. List of type specimens in the fish collection at the Yale Peabody Museum, with a brief history of ichthyology at Yale University. Postilla No. 206: 1-36. [8]), off the Bahamas, 1050-1100m. [25°39´S, 77°18´W].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Brotulataenia [genus name often misspelled as Brotulataenia].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Off Newcastle, NSW (32º56´S) and western slope of Bass Strait and Great Australian Bight, SA; tropical, discontinuous.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

750-1344m

 

General References

Cohen, D.M. 1974. A review of the pelagic ophidioid fish genus Brotulataenia [sic] with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 55(2): 119-149 [140]

Fahay, M.P. & Nielsen, J.G. 2003. Ontogenetic evidence supporting a relationship between Brotulotaenia and Lamprogrammus (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) based on the morphology of exterilium and rubaniform larvae. Ichthyological Research 50(3): 209-220 [210]

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Ophidiidae, Bythitidae, Carapidae. pp. 365-375 figs 326-335 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [366]

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Ophidiidae. pp. 352-355 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [553]

Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ophidiidae. pp. 556-566 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. [558]

May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [200]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [26]

Nielsen, J.G. & Cohen, D.M. 1986. Family No. 96: Ophidiidae. pp. 345-350 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [346]

Okiyama, M. & Kato, H. 2002. Larval development of Brotulotaenia nielseni (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Brotulotaeniinae), with notes on relationships. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A, Zoology 28(3): 159-170 [159]

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. [311]

 

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [366] (Violet Cuskeel)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jun-2015	OPHIDIIFORMES	17-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED