Genus Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte, 1840
- Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte, C.L.P. 1840. Iconografia della Fauna Italica, per le quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Pesci. Vol 3 Fasc. 27–29. Roma : Salviucci 135-154 pp., 18 pls. [not seen for publication date Salvatori, T. 1888. Le date della publicazione della "Iconographia della Fauna Italica" del Bonaparte ed Indice delle specie illustrate in detta opera. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 3(48): 1–25 [13]] [144].
Type species:
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840 by monotypy.
Introduction
Using DNA bar coding, Gomon et al. (2014) identified two undescribed species from slope waters of Australia. Many previous records of species were misidentifications. Information presented here is tentative pending publication of a review of the genus from Australia. Several species previously placed in this genus are now placed in other genera in the family Paraulopidae.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE: Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte, 1840 [restricted to Atlantic Ocean, Australian records based on misidentified Chlorophthalmus pectoralis and undescribed species] — Gomon, M. F., Ward, R.D., Chapple, S. & Hale, J.M. 2014. The use of DNA barcode evidence for inferring species of Chlorophthalmus (Aulopiformes, Chlorophthalmidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Marine and Freshwater Research 65: 1027–1034
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
Gomon, M. F., Ward, R.D., Chapple, S. & Hale, J.M. 2014. The use of DNA barcode evidence for inferring species of Chlorophthalmus (Aulopiformes, Chlorophthalmidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Marine and Freshwater Research 65: 1027–1034
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2016 | AULOPIFORMES | 19-Dec-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |