Species Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935)
Bigeye Deepsea Cardinalfish, Big-eye, Big-eye Cardinal-fish, Big-eyed Cardinalfish, Bigeye Cardinalfish, Deepsea Big-eye
- Scepterias lenimen Whitley, G.P. 1935. Studies in Ichthyology No. 9. Records of the Australian Museum 19(4): 215-250 figs 1-11 pl. 18 [230].
Type data:
Holotype AM E.3368 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397–428 figs 1–45 pl. 30 [fig. 33], paratypes are of a different species), Great Australian Bight, south from Eucla, WA.
Paratype(s) AM E.3554; AM E.3581-82; AM E.5490; AM IA.6303.
Generic Combinations
- Epigonus lenimen (Whitley, 1935). —
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [139]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Sydney, NSW (33º53´S) to off Eucla, WA (124ºE); temperate, south-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine.
General References
Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Apogonidae. pp. 562-571 figs 499-506 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [564]
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Families Epigonidae, Howellidae and Sillaginidae. pp. 561-569 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [563]
Mayer, G.F. 1974. A revision of the cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes, Apogonidae), with descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 146(3): 147-203 figs 1-22
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [139] (880, in part)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [43] (979, as Scepterias lenimen in part)
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [564] (Big-eye, Bigeye Cardinalfish)
May, J.L. & Maxwell, J.G.H. 1986. Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia. Hobart : CSIRO Division of Marine Research 492 pp. [291] (Big-eyed Cardinalfish)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [139] (Big-eye Cardinal-fish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bigeye Deepsea Cardinalfish)
Whitley, G.P. 1940. Illustrations of some Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 397-428 figs 1-45 pls 30-31 [420] (Deepsea Big-eye)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Nov-2012 | 15-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |