Species Chrionema chlorotaenia McKay, 1971

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• Chrionema chlorotaenia McKay, R.J. 1971. Two new genera and five new species of percophidid fishes (Pisces : Percophididae) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54(2): 40-46 figs 1-5 [44, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.19136 (Depth 350 meters), Indian Ocean off north-western WA [17°17'00"S, 119°57'00"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM P.19129–19135 (7 specimens).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North-west of Shark Bay and fff Broome (24°34'S, 112°16'E) to North of Ashmore Reef (12°01'S, 122°47'E), WA; tropical, east-Atlantic-Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 205-420 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [236]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [148] (as Chironema)

Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Percophidae. pp. 1500-1504 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. [1503]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [40]

Iwamoto, T. & Staiger, J.C. 1976. Percophidid fishes of the genus Chrionema Gilbert. Bulletin of Marine Science 26(4): 488-498 figs 1-5

Keenan, C.P. 1991. Phylogeny of Australian species of flatheads (Teleostei, Platycephalidae) as determined by allozyme electrophoresis. Journal of Fish Biology 39(Supplement A): 237-249 [1991]

Nakabo, T. (ed.) 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English edition. Tokyo : Toikai University Press pp. 867-1749.

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [148] (Blotched Duckbill)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Oct-2015	TRACHINOIDEI	21-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
22-Sep-2011		22-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED