Species Kathetostoma canaster Gomon & Last, 1987

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• Kathetostoma canaster Gomon, M.F. & Last, P.R. 1987. New Australian fishes. Part 9. A new species of Kathetostoma (Uranoscopidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 48(1): 31-33 fig. 1 [31, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV A.1594 (Depth 114-119 meters), south-east of Cape Conran, Bass Strait, VIC [37°55.27'-55.43'S, 149°10.32'-15.05'S].
  Paratype(s) NMV A.217; AM I.21304–001 (2 specimens); AM E.3354; CSIRO H654–01; CSIRO H655–01; NMV A.1222; NMV A.1400-1401 (2 specimens); NMV A.1550; NMV A.1563 (2 specimens); NMV A.2153 (2 specimens); NMV A.2166 (2 specimens).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Kathetostoma sp. —
  Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [31]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Australia from east of Sydney, NSW (33°S, 151°E) to the Great Australian Bight, SA (129°E), and TAS; temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 30-700 m.

 

General References

Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Uranoscopidae. pp. 1509-1515 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. [1511]

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Uranoscopidae. pp. 718-725, figs 630-635 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. [721]

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Uranoscopidae. pp. 678-683 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [680]

Gomon, M.F. & Roberts, C.D. 2011. A second New Zealand species of the stargazer genus Kathetostoma (Trachinoidei: Uranoscopidae). Zootaxa 2776: 1-12 [11]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [40]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [423] (as Kathetostoma sp.)

Vilasri, V. 2013. Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic systematics of the family Uranoscopidae (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 55(1/2): 1-106 [89]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [423] (Speckled Stargazer)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Oct-2015	TRACHINOIDEI	02-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
22-Sep-2011		22-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED