Species Cryptopsaras couesii Gill, 1883

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• Cryptopsaras couesii Gill, T.N. 1883. Deep-sea fishing fishes Cryptopsaras couesii. Forest and Streams Nov. 8: 284 [not seen] [284].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 33558, off Long Island, New York, USA, 1686 fathoms. [39°18'N, 68°24'W].

  Secondary source:

   Hureau, J.-C. & Monod, T. (eds) 1973. Checklist of the Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). Paris : UNESCO Vol. 1 683 pp. [65].
• Cryptosparas pennifer Regan, C.T. & Trewavas, E. 1932. Deep sea anglerfish (Ceratioidea). Dana Reports 1928–30 2: 1-113 figs 1-172 pls 1-10 [1928–30] [98, fig. 157].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC P92125, NE of New Zealand [34°24'S, 174°42.5'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1932.5.3.29; ZMUC P92126.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Pietsch, T.W. 1986. Systematics and distribution of bathypelagic anglerfishes of the family Ceratiidae (order: Lophiiformes). Copeia 1986(2): 479-493 [489]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cryptopsaras couesi Gill, 1883 [misspelling]. —
  Pietsch, T.W. 1986. Systematics and distribution of bathypelagic anglerfishes of the family Ceratiidae (order: Lophiiformes). Copeia 1986(2): 479-493 [488]
  Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Caulophrynidae, Neoceratiidae, Melanocetidae, Himantolophidae, Diceratiidae, Oneirodidae, Thaumatichthyidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Linophrynidae. pp. 2026-2037 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [2035]
  Pietsch, T.W. 2008. Ceratiidae. pp. 385-386 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [387]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Britannia Seamount off QLD (27º57´S), Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge to south of TAS (43ºS, 146ºE) to off Border Village, SA (31ºS, 129ºE); temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Bathypelagic, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 75-4000 m.

 

General References

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [22]

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. [294]

Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Ceratiidae. pp. 665-666 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. [666]

Pietsch, T.W. 1986. Systematics and distribution of bathypelagic anglerfishes of the family Ceratiidae (order: Lophiiformes). Copeia 1986(2): 479-493 [488] (as Cryptopsaras couesi)

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Caulophrynidae, Neoceratiidae, Melanocetidae, Himantolophidae, Diceratiidae, Oneirodidae, Thaumatichthyidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Linophrynidae. pp. 2026-2037 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [2035] (as Cryptopsaras couesi)

Pietsch, T.W. 2008. Ceratiidae. pp. 385-386 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [387] (as Cryptopsaras couesi)

Pietsch, T.W. 2009. Oceanic Anglerfishes. Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press pp. i-xii + 1-557. [329]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [58] (2293, as Cryptosparas pennifer)

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Papua New Guinea) (Coves' Horned Anglerfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Web 2004. Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary., Fishbase, AFS) (Triplewart Seadevil)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	01-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED