Species Pyramodon punctatus (Regan, 1914)

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• Cynophidium punctatum Regan, C.T. 1914. Diagnoses of new marine fishes collected by the British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13(2): 11-17 [16] [also appeared as Pyramodon punctatus in Regan, C.T. 1914. Fishes. British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition 1910, Zoology 1(1): 1–54 figs 1–8 pls 1–13 (20 pl. 12(3))].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1913.12.4.37, Cape North, New Zealand, 70 fathoms (128m).

 

Generic Combinations

• Pyramodon punctatus (Regan, 1914). —
  Olney, J.E. & Markle, D.F. 1986. Family No. 97: Carapidae. pp. 350-354 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [354]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Perth and off Montebello Islands, WA to east of Ashmore Reef, WA and off Danger Point, QLD (28º03´S) to off Newcastle, (33º17´S), NSW; temperate, southern Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, oceanic.

Extra Ecological Information

Free living. 355-731m.

 

General References

Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Carapidae. pp. 551-555 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. [555]

Markle, D.F. & Olney, J.E. 1990. Systematics of the pearlfishes (Pisces: Carapidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 47(2): 269-410 [335]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [20]

Nielsen. J.G. 1999. Families Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Bythitidae, Aphionidae. pp. 1978-1985 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. [1978]

Olney, J.E. & Markle, D.F. 1986. Family No. 97: Carapidae. pp. 350-354 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [354]

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. [321]

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. 1995. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesberg : Macmillan South Africa 3rd Impression, i-xxxi + 1047 pp., 144 pls. [354]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jun-2015	OPHIDIIFORMES	17-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED