Species Hoplostethus melanopeza Roberts & Gomon, 2012

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• Hoplostethus melanopeza Roberts, C.D. & Gomon, M.F. 2012. A review of giant roughies of the genus Hoplostethus (Beryciformes, Trachichthyidae), with descriptions of two new Australasian species. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69: 341–354 [346, figs 3-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNZ P.053205, North Island, Bay of Plenty, Mayor Knolls, 12 km east of Mayor Island, New Zealand, 320 m [37°19.07' S, 176°25.35' E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.27085–001; AM I.30415–001 2 specimens; AM I.40390–004; CSIRO H5321–04; CSIRO H7387–01 (formerly NMNZ P.053725); MNHP 2012–0268 (formerly NMNZ P.053206); NMNZ P.014162; NMNZ P.015181 2 specimens; NMNZ P.015854 3 specimens; NMNZ P.031100 3 specimens; NMNZ P.038312; NMNZ P.038325; NMNZ P.038548; NMNZ P.047799; NMNZ P.053308; NMNZ P.053877; NMV A22070; NMV A30942-001 (formerly NMNZ P.053307); NMV A30943–001 (formerly NMNZ P.053726); NMV A30944–001 (formerly NMNZ P.054048); USNM 406863 (formerly NMNZ P.053529).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Hoplostethus gigas McCulloch, 1914 [in part, east coast and New Zealand]. —
  Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Trachichthyidae, Monocentridae. pp. 399-412 figs 358-369 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. [403]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Taupo Tablemount off NSW (33°20'S, 156°10'E), to off Cape Everard, VIC (38°14'S, 149°36'E), and the Lord Howe Rise (33°39'S, 162°24'E); subtropical, temperate, south–western Pacific (New Zealand)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthopelagic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

140–760 m

 

General References

Roberts, C.D. & Gomon, M.F. 2015. Family Trachichthyidae. pp.1009-1021 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152. [1015]

 

Common Name References

Roberts, C.D. & Gomon, M.F. 2015. Family Trachichthyidae. pp.1009-1021 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152. [1015] (New Zealand Giant Sawbelly)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	BERYCIFORMES	15-Jan-2013	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)