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Species Cyema atrum Günther, 1878

Arrow Eel


Compiler and date details

20 April 2011 - Dianne J. Bray, John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Pasley, WA (123º53´E); temperate, circumglobal.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southern Province (8)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Leptocephalus larva: pelagic.

Bathypelagic, marine, mesopelagic.

Extra Ecological Information

330-5100 m

 

General References

Karmovskaya, E.S. 1978. Preliminary list of eels (Anguilliformes, Osteichthys) of the Australian-New Zealand region (on materials collected during the 16th cruise of the R/V Dimitry Mendeleev). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 112: 147-151 [in Russian]

Nielsen, J.G. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. 46 Family Cyematidae. pp. 292-293 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [293]

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. [136]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates & D.F. Hoese 2006. Families Cyematidae, Eurypharyngidae and Saccopharyngidae. pp. 304-307 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. [304]

Smith, D.G. 1989. Family Cyematidae. pp. 944-945 in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.). Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. New Haven : The Sears Foundation of Marine Research, Yale University Pt 9 Vol. 1 655 pp.

Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Colocongridae, Derichthyidae, Muraenesocidae, Nemichtyhyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae, Serrivomeridae, Cyematidae, Saccopharyngidae, Eurypharyngidae, Monognathidae. pp. 1670-1697 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. [1693]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019 ELOPOMORPHA 15-Aug-2018 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
27-Sep-2011 ANGUILLIFORMES 27-Sep-2011 MOVED Dr Dianne Bray
27-Jul-2016 27-Sep-2011 MOVED
27-Jul-2016 20-May-2011 MODIFIED
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED