Species Bleekeria viridianguilla (Fowler, 1931)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Herklotsina viridianguilla Fowler, 1931.

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 53458, Hong Kong.
  Paratype(s) 53459-65 (7 specimens).

 

Generic Combinations

• Bleekeria viridianguilla (Fowler, 1931). —
  Ida, H., Sirimontaporn, P. & Monkolprasit, S. 1994. Comparative morphology of the fishes of the family Ammodytidae, with a description of two new genera and two new species. Zoological Studies 33(4): 251-277 figs 1-14 [257]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Bleekeria sp. —
  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 [176]

 

Introduction

Records of this species from Australia were excluded from Australia by Hoese & Bray (2006) based on advice from B. Collette, who suggested the species was probably undescribed. However, the name is in wide usage for a species in Australia and is tentatively retained here pending further studies.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Legendre Island, WA (20°14'S, 116°49'E)) to north of Bathurst island, NT (130°03'E); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

30-200 m.

 

General References

Collette, B.B. 2001. Ammodytidae. 3518 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3518]

Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ammodytidae. pp. 1507-1508 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. [1507]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [42]

Ida, H., Sirimontaporn, P. & Monkolprasit, S. 1994. Comparative morphology of the fishes of the family Ammodytidae, with a description of two new genera and two new species. Zoological Studies 33(4): 251-277 figs 1-14 [257]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	TRACHINOIDEI	08-Feb-2012	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)