Species Ematops randalli (Cohen & Wourms, 1976)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microbrotula randalli Cohen, D.M. & Wourms, J.P. 1976. Microbrotula randalli, a new viviparous ophidioid fish from Samoa and New Hebrides, whose embryos bear trophotaeniae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(no. 5): 81-98 [82].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 17507 (Depth 30-38 meters. Specimen not found), Fagafele Bay, Tutuila, American Samoa.
  Paratype(s) BPBM 18032; USNM 214112 (2 specimens); USNM 214703 (1 specimen).

 

Generic Combinations

• Ematops randalli (Cohen & Wourms, 1976). —
  Schwarzhans, W. & Nielsen, J. G. 2011. Revision of the genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae), with description of two new species and a related new genus. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 27: 147-160 [159]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Island (10°S, 105°E); tropical. east-Indo-west-central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

General References

Anderson, M.E. 2005. Three new species of Microbrotula (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes; Bythitidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 1006: 33-42 [35]

Anderson, M. E. 2007. Two new Microbrotula (Teleostei : Ophidiiformes : Bythitidae) from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, with a revised key to the species. Species Diversity 12(1): 1-8 [7]

Machida, Y. 2000. A new bythitid genus and species, Acarobythites larsonae, from shallow rocky reefs off northern Australia (Pisces, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae). The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 16: 123-126 figs 1-4 [124]

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. [107]

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. [1984]

Schwarzhans, W. & Nielsen, J. G. 2011. Revision of the genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae), with description of two new species and a related new genus. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 27: 147-160 [159]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [136] (Randall's Viviparous Brotula)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	OPHIDIIFORMES	21-May-2015	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)