Species Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862

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• Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, J.Y. 1862. Descriptions of some new genera and species of fishes obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 167-180 pls 22-23 [169].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1862.11.9.49, off Madeira, Atlantic.

 

Introduction

Presence and distribution of this species in Australia is uncertain. The single record from QLD is based on low ID accuracy (Last et al 2014). Records from NSW based on specimens have been recently re-identified as S. oregoni, and observations from NSW are probably misidentifications (K. Graham, pers. comm.). Records from the Tasman Sea are uncertain, a recent work on New Zealand fishes does not include this species (Smith & Stewart, 2015). Further work is required on this genus to properly determine the distribution of this species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Possibly Marion Plateau, Coral Sea (18º53'S, 150º25'E), Lord Howe Rise (32º39'S, 162º33'E) and Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea (32º37'S, 167º48'E) and south of Kangaroo Island, SA (37º02'S, 137º39'E) to NW of Port Hedland, WA (18°32'S, 116°50'E), however distribution uncertain, see Introduction; temperate, circumglobal except the Eastern Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

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Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

400-2200m

 

General References

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Family Synaphobranchidae. pp. 260-263 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. [263]

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. [108]

Smith, D.G. 1999. Family Synaphobranchidae. pp. 1658-1661 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. [1661]

Smith, D.G. 2008. Family Synaphobranchidae. pp. 160-166 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [165]

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [190]

Sulak, K.J. & Shcherbachev, Y.N. 1997. Zoogeography and systematics of six deep-living genera of synaphobranchid eels, with a key to taxa and description of two new species of Ilyophis. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(3): 1158-1194 [1171]

 

Common Name References

Fishbase 2004. Fishbase at. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary. (Fishbase, FAO) (Kaup's Arrowtooth Eel)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Kaup's Cut-throat Eel)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [20] (Kaup's Cut-throat Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	01-Oct-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
24-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	24-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
27-Jul-2016		29-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED