Species Coelorinchus pardus Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
Leopard Whiptail
- Caelorinchus pardus 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 [159, fig. 19a].
Type data:
Holotype NTM S.13551-001 (Depth 123 m), Arafura Sea, NT [9°39.3´S, 133°04.4´E].
Paratype(s) AM; BPBM 38460 (2 specimens); BSKU 85717-18 (ex NTM 13547-001, 2 specimens); NTM S.13313-013; CAS 200227 (4 specimens); QM I.13224 (3 specimens); NTM S.10774-001 (3 specimens); NTM S.12902-027 (12 specimens); NTM S.12903 (4 specimens); NTM S.12923-003 (6 specimens); NTM S.13313-028 (12 specimens); NTM S.13547-001 (11 specimens); S.13548-001 (8 specimens); NTM S.13550 (5 specimens); NTM S.13551-001 (5 specimens); NTM S.13577 (2 specimens); NTM S.13578-001 (6 specimens).
Generic Combinations
- Coelorinchus pardus Iwamoto & Williams, 1999 [correct spelling of generic name]. —
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [51]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
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
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West of Northwest Cape, WA (21°58'S, 113°47'E) to Arafura Sea northwest of Cape Wessel, NT (9°40'S, 133°31'E); tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf.
Extra Ecological Information
107-356 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. [589] (as Caelorinchus pardus)
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [85] (as Coelorinchus sp. 4)
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [23] (as Caelorinchus pardus)
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]
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
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Leopard 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] (Leopard 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 | 17-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |