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Species Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson, 1845

Redbait, Pearl Fish, Picarel, Red Baitfish, Red Herring, Redbait Fish, Southern Rover

 

Introduction

Heemstra & Randall (1977) recognised two subspecies Emmelichthys nitidus nitidus from the eastern Atlantic to east of New Zealand and Emmelichthys nitidus cyanescens (Guichenot, 1848) from the Eastern Pacific.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Off Sydney, NSW (33°53'S) to southern WA (127°20'E), and east and west coasts of TAS; temperate, southern circumglobal.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m in Australia, 86-500 m elsewhere.

 

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)
19-Nov-2012 19-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2010 MODIFIED