Species Coelorinchus charius Iwamoto & Williams, 1999

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• Caelorinchus charius Iwamoto, T. & Williams, A. 1999. Grenadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes) from the continental slope of western and northwestern Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51(3): 105-243 figs 1-58 [132, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.31166-005 (Depth 610-612 m), off Shark Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM I.31166-010 (6 individuals); NTM S.12591-017; CSIRO H1492-14; CSIRO H1514-34 (5 individuals); CSIRO H2554-10; CSIRO H2557-05 (3 individuals); CSIRO H2573-16 (4 individuals).

 

Generic Combinations

• Coelorinchus charius Iwamoto & Williams, 1999 [correction to spelling of generic name].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Caelorinchus sp. E. —
  Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 [148]

 

Introduction

This genus has been incorrectly spelled Caelorinchus by many authors following Eschmeyer (1990) and Sazonov and Iwamoto (1992), however the previous spelling Coelorinchus is now considered to be the correct one (see Iwamoto & Graham 2008).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Perth (31°58´S, 115°06'E) to west of Rowley Shoals, WA (17°35´S, 118°43'E), and east of Cairns, QLD (16°40'S, 146°16'E); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

420–691 m.

 

General References

Bray, D.J., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Macrouridae. pp. 581-607 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. [585] (as Caelorinchus charius)

Eschmeyer, W.N. 1990. Catalog of the Genera of Recent Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences 697 pp.

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [23] (as Caelorinchus charius)

Iwamoto, T. & Graham, K.J. 2008. Two new Australian grenadiers of the Coelorinchus fasciatus species group (Macrouridae: Gadiformes: Teleostei). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 59(5): 133-146 [133] (correction to spelling of generic name)

Sazonov, Y.I. & Iwamoto, T. 1992. Grenadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes) of the Nazca and Sala y Gomez ridges, southeastern Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 48(2): 27-95

Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 [148] (as Caelorinchus sp. E)

 

Common Name References

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [29] (Graceful Whiptail)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018	MACROURIDAE	14-May-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
26-Nov-2015	GADIFORMES	10-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED