Species Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead, 1951)

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External Links

• Physiculus jordani Böhlke, J.E. & Mead, G.W. 1951. Physiculus jordani, a new gadoid fish from deep water off Japan. Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin 4(1): 27-29 [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS(SU) 21759, off Tsurugi Saki Light, Honshu Island, Japan, 110-259 fathoms.
• Gadella norops Paulin, C.D. 1987. New Australian fishes. Part 17. New species of Gadella and Physiculus (Moridae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 48(1): 75-77 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM I.22827-003, 220 km north-west of Port Hedland, WA, 506-508 m. [18°41´S, 116°46´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.17857-008; AM I.21795-003; AM I.19096-005.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sazonov, Y.I. & Shcherbachev, Y.N. 2000. A review of the Indian Ocean species form the genus Gadella (Gadiformes, Moridae), with a description of two new species. Journal of Ichthyology 40(Suppl. 1): 64-73 [71]

 

Generic Combinations

• Gadella jordani (Böhlke & Mead, 1951). —
  Paulin, C.D. 1989. Review of the morid genera Gadella, Physiculus, and Salilota (Teleostei: Gadiformes) with descriptions of seven new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 93-133 [99]

 

Introduction

Australian specimens of this species were previously identified as G. norops, a junior synonym of G. jordani (see Sazanov & Shcherbachev 2000).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest of Bluff Point (27°33'S, 112°59'E) to west of Broome (17°01'S, 120°13'E), WA, and Lihou Reefs, Coral Sea (17°20'S, 152°E) to off Brisbane (27°19'S, 153°54'E), QLD, also Lord Howe Rise; tropical, temperate, Indo-west Pacific (Japan, Taiwan, Palau).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 400-550 m.

 

General References

Cohen, D.M. 1990. Families Moridae, Muraenolepididae. pp. 346-384 in Cohen, D.M., Inada, T., Iwamoto, T. & Scialabba, N. FAO Species Catalogue. Gadiform fishes of the world (order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 10 442 pp. [358] (as Gadella jordani and G. norops)

Paulin, C.D. 1989. Review of the morid genera Gadella, Physiculus, and Salilota (Teleostei: Gadiformes) with descriptions of seven new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 93-133 (99, as Gadella jordani; 101, in part as G. norops)

Paulin, C.D. & Roberts, C.D. 1997. Review of the morid cods (Teleostei, Paracanthopterygii, Moridae) of New Caledonia, southwest Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species of Gadella. No. 2. In, Séret, B. (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, v. 17. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 174: 17-41 [23] (as Gadella norops)

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Moridae. pp. 608-617 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. [610]

Sazonov, Y.I. & Shcherbachev, Y.N. 2000. A review of the Indian Ocean species form the genus Gadella (Gadiformes, Moridae), with a description of two new species. Journal of Ichthyology 40(Suppl. 1): 64-73 [71]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Jordan's Cod)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Nov-2015	GADIFORMES	28-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED