Species Hoplostethus shubnikovi Kotlyar, 1980

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• Hoplostethus shubnikovi Kotlyar, A.N. 1980. Systematics and distribution of trachichthyid fishes (Trachichthyidae, Beryciformes) of the Indian Ocean. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Moskva 110: 177-224 figs 1-30 [in Russian] [202, figs 14-15].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMM P.15177, Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean [3°46´N, 95°E].
  Paratype(s) ZMM P.15178.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Dampier to off Port Hedland (18°40'S, 116°42'E), WA and east of Swains Reefs to east of Masthead Island (23°44'S, 153°12'E), QLD; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northwest Transition (3)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

 

General References

Kotlyar, A.N. 1996. Beryciform Fishes of the World Ocean. Moscow : VNIRO Publishing 368 pp. [136]

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. [367]

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray, M.F. Gomon & D.F. Hoese 2006. Trachichthyidae. pp. 767-772 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. [770]

 

Common Name References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	BERYCIFORMES	04-Dec-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED