Species Assurger anzac (Alexander, 1917)

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• Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, W.B. 1917. Description of a new species of fish of the genus Evoxymetopon, Poey. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 2: 104 pl. 7 [dated 1915–1916] [104, pl. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.352–001, Fremantle, WA.
• Assurger alexanderi Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 11-15 [84] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Evoxymetopon anzac Alexander, 1917].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [69]

 

Generic Combinations

• Assurger anzac (Alexander, 1917). —
  Tucker, D.W. 1956. Studies on the trichiuroid fishes — 3. A preliminary revision of the family Trichiuridae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 4(3): 73-130 figs 1-23 pl 10 [107]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Fremantle, WA (32°S); subtropical, disjunct (east Indian, Atlantic, west Pacific, north-central Pacific, east Pacific).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

150–400 m, juveniles epipelagic or mesopelagic.

 

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [268] (as Evoxymetopon anzac)

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] [117] (776)

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [70]

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 2001. Gempylidae, Trichiuridae. pp. 3698-3720 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. [3716]

Tucker, D.W. 1956. Studies on the trichiuroid fishes — 3. A preliminary revision of the family Trichiuridae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 4(3): 73-130 figs 1-23 pl 10 [107]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [48] (1436, as Assurger alexanderi)

 

Common Name References

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] [117] (Anzac Frost-fish)

Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails, and Frostfishes known to date. Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 15. Rome : FAO 136 pp. 200 figs. [68] (Razorback Scabbardfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Razorback Scabbardfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-May-2013		15-May-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)