Species Herwigia kreffti (Nielsen & Larsen, 1970)

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External Links

• Bathylaco kreffti Nielsen, J.G. & Larsen, V. 1970. Notes on the Bathylaconidae (Pisces, Isospondyli) with a new species from the Atlantic Ocean. Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft 21(1): 28-39 figs [35, figs 5-6].

  Type data:

   Holotype ISH 1540/68 (depth about 2000 m), off Uruguay, South Atlantic [34°01´S, 47°39´W].
  Paratype(s) ISH 231/68.

 

Generic Combinations

• Herwigia kreffti (Nielsen & Larsen, 1970). —
  Nielsen, J.G. 1972. Additional notes on Atlantic Bathylaconidae (Pisces, Isospondyli) with a new genus. Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft 23(1): 29-36 figs 1-5 (changed combination as type species of genus Herwigia)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

East of Tuncurry (32°05'S, 153°08'E) to east of Shoalhaven Heads (34°50'S, 150°56'E), NSW; temperate, Atlantic Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

760-1800 m

 

General References

Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Bathylaconidae. pp. 383 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. [383]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [210]

Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 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. [1893]

Sazonov, Y.I. & Williams, A. 2001. A review of the alepocephalid fishes (Argentiniformes, Alepocephalidae) from the continental slope of Australia: Part I. Journal of Ichthyology 41(suppl. 1): 1-36 [9]

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase) (Krefft's Smooth-head)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016		03-Apr-2012	MOVED
06-Jun-2016		03-Apr-2012	MOVED
06-Jun-2016		22-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED