Species Histiophryne narrunga Arnold & Pietsch, 2018

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• Histiophryne narrunga Arnold, R.J. & Pietsch T.W. 2018. Fantastic beasts and where to find them: A new species of the Frogfish genus Histiophryne Gill (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae: Histiophryninae) from Western and South Australia, with a revised key to congeners. Copeia 106(4): 622-631 [623].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA F.13936 74 mm, Port Lincoln, Spencer Gulf, South Australia [34°33'39"S, 136°32'53"E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA 34 specimens, 16-75 mm (Paratypes held at SAMA, WAM, NMV and AMS).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Histiophryne sp. 2. —
  Arnold, R.J. & Pietsch, T.W. 2012. Evolutionary history of frogfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae): A molecular approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62: 117-129 [121]
• Histiophryne bougainvilli not of Valenciennes, 1837 [misidentification]. —
  McCulloch, A.R. & Waite, E.R. 1918. Some new and little known fishes from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1(1): 39-78 figs 26-31 pls 2-7 [72] (in part)
  Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [513] (in part)
  Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Antennariidae. pp. 637-646 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. [642] (in part)
• Histiophryne cryptacantha not of Weber, 1913 [misidentification]. —
  Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [52]
  Pietsch, T.W. 1994. Family Antennariidae. pp. 285-297 figs 254-264 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. [291]
• Histiophryne cryptacanthus not of Weber, 1913 [misidentification]. —
  Pietsch, T.W. 1994. Family Antennariidae. pp. 285-297 figs 254-264 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. [290]
  Kuiter, R.H. & Debelius, H. 2006. World Atlas of Marine Fishes. Frankfurt : IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv 720 pp. [126]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Cuvier, WA (24°00'S, 112°51'E) to Kangaroo Island, SA (35°43'S, 137°56'E), most abundant in the SA Gulfs; temperate

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Common Name References

Arnold, R.J. & Pietsch T.W. 2018. Fantastic beasts and where to find them: A new species of the Frogfish genus Histiophryne Gill (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae: Histiophryninae) from Western and South Australia, with a revised key to congeners. Copeia 106(4): 622-631 [623] (Narungga Frogfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	Histiophryne Gill, 1863	07-Nov-2019	ADDED